Abstract The stereochemistry of the photo reaction products of tricarbonyl-η-6,6-dimethyl-fulvene-chromium(O) (1) with 7-methyl-and 7-methoxycycloheptatriene was studied by NMR-spectroscopy. Both trienes add to 1, displace a CO ligand, and form substituted dicarbonyl-η3-2-cycloheptadienylene-η5-2-cyclopentadienylidene-propane-chromium(0) complexes. With C7H7CH3 only one isomer (3) is formed with the methyl-group in endo-position and the enyl system encompassing C(1′)-C(3′) of the seven membered ring. C7H7OCH3 yields 3 isomers which were separated by column chromatography. 5 has the same constitution as 3. The isomers 4 and 5 bear the OCH3-group in e^o-position. The enyl system of 4 is located on C(1′)-C(3′), that of 6 on C(3′)-C(5′). 6 rearranges at room temperature to 4.