Complexes with the general formula [LnM(CO)m], where [Formula: see text] x = 0–2, n = 1 or 2, M = Mo(0) or W(0), m = 3 or 4, were prepared by thermal or photolytic methods by the reaction of the appropriate 3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl phosphine ligand with M(CO)6, norbornadienemetaltetracarbonyl [C7H8M(CO)4], cycloheptatrienylmetaltricarbonyl [C7H8M(CO)3], [(Me2N(CH2)3NMe2)M(CO)4], [(CH3CN)2M(CO)4], or [(CH3CN)3M(CO)3]. Structural evidence indicates octahedral geometry about the metal atom centre, and several modes of coordination for the ligands in those complexes isolated and characterized. For x = 2, the ligand [Formula: see text] was monodentate, via phosphorus in [Formula: see text] and bidentate in [Formula: see text] where coordination by P and the 2N site of the pyrazolyl ring yielded four-membered [Formula: see text] metallocycles. For x = 1, the [Formula: see text] ligand was bidentate, via the phosphorus atom and one of the 2N sites of one of the pyrazolyl substituents, thus giving the four-membered [Formula: see text] metallocycle in [Formula: see text] and tridentate in [Formula: see text] where three facial CO's, two 2N atoms of the pyrazolyl rings, and a part of the phenyl ring occupy the six coordination sites. For x = 0, the P(Me2pz)3 ligand was tridentate via the 2N atoms of all three pyrazolyl rings, thus giving tricyclic systems [P(Me2pz)3M(CO)3] (VIII, IX).

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