Abstract: Phenylimido neopentylidene complexes of the type W (NPh)(CHCMe3) L2CI2 (L= PMe3 or PEt,) have been prepared by reacting W (NPh)(OCMe3) 4 with Ta (CHCMe3) L2C1,.[W (NPh)(CHCMe,) L, R]+(R= C1 or Me), W (NPh)-(CHCMe3)(OCMe3) 2L, and W (NPh)(CHCMe3)(L) CI2 were prepared straightforwardly from W (NPh)(CHCMe,) L, Cl,. W (NPh)(Neo), Cl (Neo= CH2CMe3) was prepared from W (NPh) C14 and (Neo) MgCl, and ...