Oxidative addition of H2S to MoRu(CO)6(µ-dppm)2 (1) at ~20 °C in toluene yields an isolable complex formulated as Mo(CO)3(µ-SH)(µ-CO)(µ-dppm)2RuH(CO) (2) via the possible intermediate Mo(CO)3(µ-H)(µ-CO)(µ-dppm)2Ru(SH)(CO) (4) (dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2) that is detectable at lower temperatures. Over 2 days, species 2 in toluene loses H2 (and CO) to yield the bridged-sulfide product, Mo(CO)2(µ-CO)(µ-S)(µ-dppm)2Ru(CO) (5) that is also formed directly from the reaction of 1 with elemental sulfur. The solid-state molecular structure of 5 is determined by X-ray crystallography. A further hydrido-sulfhydryl species, possibly Mo(CO)3(µ-SH)(µ-H)(µ-dppm)2Ru(CO)2 (3), is in equilibrium with 2 at ambient temperature.Key words: molybdenum, ruthenium, bis(diphenylphosphino)methane, hydrogen sulfide, hydrido-sulfhydryl species, carbonyl complexes, bridged-sulfide complex.