The multifunctional ligand bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,9-nonadiyne (
1; abbreviated as dpndy) has beenprepared by sequential treatment of HC
C(CH
2)
5C
CH with BuLi and PPh
2Cl. Compound
1 reactswith W(CO)
4(NCMe)
2 to give W(CO)
4(
2-dpndy) (
2), while the reaction of
1 and W(CO)
3(Me
3tach)(Me
3tach = 1,3,5-trimethyl-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane) produces W(CO)
3(
2-dpndy)(
1-dpndy) (
3), [W(CO)
3(
2-dpndy)]
2(
,
2-dpndy) (
4), and the paddle-wheel complex [W(CO)
3]
2(
,
2-dpndy)
3 (
5). Further treatmentof W(CO)
3(Me
3tach) with
3 generates the tripodal compound W(CO)
3[(
,
2-dpndy)W(CO)
3(
2-dpndy)]
3(
6). The molecular structures of
2 and
5 have been determined by an X-ray diffraction study.