Compounds of the general form (Mo/sub 2/(NAr)/sub 2/(S/sub 2/P(OC/sub 2/H/sub 5/)/sub 2/)/sub 2/S(O/sub 2/CR))/sub 2/(S/sub 2/) (Ar = C/sub 6/H/sub 5/, p-C/sub 6/H/sub 4/CH/sub 3/; R = alkyl, aryl) were prepared by the reaction of (Mo(NAr)(S/sub 2/P(OC/sub 2/H/sub 5/)/sub 2/)S)/sub 4/ with H/sub 2/O/sub 2/ in the presence of a carboxylic acid. The compounds contain a disulfide linkage bridging in inter- and intradimer fashion, formed by the oxidation of two Mo/sub 2/S/sub 2//sup 6 +/ cores to give SMo/sub 2/SSMo/sub 2/S, formally equivalent to SMo/sub 2/S thiyl radical coupling. Mixed dimer-organic disulfides were prepared by the reaction of (Mo/sub 2/-(NC/sub 6/H/sub 4/CH/sub 3/)/sub 2/(S/sub 2/P(OC/sub 2/H/sub 5/)/sub 2/)/sub 2/S/sub 2/(O/sub 2/CCH/sub 3/))/sup -/ with sulfenyl chlorides, R'SCl (R' = alkyl, aryl). The products, (Mo/sub 2/-(NC/sub 6/H/sub 4/CH/sub 3/)/sub 2/(S/sub 2/P(OC/sub 2/H/sub 5/)/sub 2/)/sub 2/S(O/sub 2/CCH/sub 3/)(SSR')), contain an unusual R'SS/sup -/ linkage to the two Mo(V) sites within the dimer, representable by SMo/sub 2/SSR', wherein the monosubstituted organic disulfide ion bridges by its ..beta..-sulfur. A bridge tetrasulfide, (Mo/sub 2/(NC/sub 6/H/sub 4/CH/sub 3/)/sub 2/(S/sub 2/P(OC/sub 2/H/sub 5/)/sub 2/)/sub 2/S(O/sub 2/CCH/sub 3/))/sub 2/(S/sub 4/), was prepared by the reaction of (Mo/sub 2/(NC/sub 6/H/sub 4/CH/sub 3/)/sub 2/(S/sub 2/P(OC/sub 2/H/sub 5/)/sub 2/)/sub 2/S/sub 2/(O/submore » 2/CCH/sub 3/))/sup -/ with S/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ and contains the SMo/sub 2/SSSSMo/sub 2/S unit, in which the tetrasulfide bridges also in inter- and intradimer fashion via its terminal sulfur atoms. Most of the compounds show stereoisomers related by bridge sulfur inversion. Reactions with triphenylphosphine gave either desulfurization or reduction.« less