Abstract: Coordination compounds of chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten carbonyls with unsymmetrical bis (tertiary phosphine) ligands,(CsH j) 2PCH2CH2P (C6Hs) R, where R is methyl, ethyl, and isopropyl, and (CsH j) 2PCH2CH2PR'2, where R'is n-butyl, are described. These are the first coordination compounds reported for these novel ligands. The ligands can behave as bidentate chelates, LM (C0) 4, as bidentate bridging ligands,(OC) 5MLM-( ...