The compounds (F,P)S(CH,),S(PF,) ( n = 2-6) and (F,P)O(CH,),O(PF,) ( n = 3-6) have been prepared by reactions of S ( PF,), with the appropriate dithiols and diols, and have been characterised by n.m.r. and i.r. spectroscopy. N.m.r. parameters for oxygen compounds with n = 7-1 0 and 1 2 have also been obtained. The compounds react with N-methylpyridinium pentacarbonyliodomolybdate to give compounds with two Mo( CO), units linked by the ligands. With tetracarbonyl (norbornadiene)molybdenum two types of products can be formed, depending on ligand chain length. The predominant products for n = 3-6 have two bidentate ligands bridging between two cis-Mo(CO), units. For n = 2, 3, or 4 monomeric species with a single chelating ligand on a cis-Mo(CO), unit are also generated, and their abundance depends on the concentrations of reactants. The metal complexes have been characterised by n.m.r., i.r., and mass spectroscopy.Many compounds containing -OPF, groups have been reportedand their chemistry has been studied in some detail. The majority of these compounds are simple organic derivatives, ROPF,, but species in which the oxygen is bound to other elements. such as silicon and phosphorus, are also known. In contrast very little work has been reported for the -SPF, analogues, and CH,SPF, is the only organic derivative described so far.3.s+6These fluorophosphines, whether bound to sulphur or oxygen, are all potential ligands, and we have therefore prepared a series of compounds containing two -OPF, or -SPF, groups, to be used as bidentate ligands. Most work with bidentate fluorophosphine ligands reported to date has concentrated on compounds of the type RN(PF,),,'.' in which the two phosphorus atoms are close together, such that they either chelate to a single metal atom or bridge between two adjacent metal atoms. The compounds we have prepared are (F,P)Y(CH,),Y( PF,), with Y = oxygen or sulphur and n being between 2 and 12. These bidentate ligands therefore have relatively large distances between the donor sites, and their chemistry depends on the number of intervening chain atoms.These new ligands can be prepared in a pure form or in solution in a few minutes by a one-step process, which is why we refer to them as 'instant ligands.' Samples of many different ligands can therefore be prepared when they are required, and it is only necessary to maintain a stock of S(PF,),. The compounds are thus particularly attractive for studies involving bidentate ligands with different distances or geometrical relationships between the co-ordinating groups. In this paper we describe compounds in which the chain linking the two phosphine groups is long and flexible.