Reaction of 1,3-dicyanotetrafluorobenzene with trimethylsilyl phosphinimines proceeds through stepwise substitution on the fluoroaromatic to yield mono-and ultimately disubstituted derivatives of the form 4,6-(CN) 2 C 6 F 2 -1-A-3-B. Two molar equivalents of a bifunctional phosphinophosphoranimines, Me 3 SiNP(Ph) 2 CH 2 PPh 2 , result in a dual substitution giving 1 (A ) B ) (NdP(Ph) 2 CH 2 PPh 2 )), whereas 1 equiv of the trimethylsilyl phosphinimine gives the monosubstituted derivative. Treatment of the monosubstituted derivative with a second 1 equiv of the same or a different phosphinimine gives doubly substituted derivatives which can have the same or different phosphorus substituents, e.g. and 2, 4,6-), have been structurally characterized. In 1, the P(1)dN(1) bond length is 1.581(3) Å, the P(3)dN(2) bond length is 1.569(4) Å, the P(1)-N(1)-C(6) angle is 132.1(3)°, and the P(3)-N(2)-C(2) angle is 133.2(3)°. For 2, the P(2)dN(1) bond length (in the Ph 3 PdN unit) is 1.578(4) Å, the P(3)dN(2) bond length in the Ph 2 PCH 2 Ph 2 PdN unit) is 1.585(4) Å, the P(2)-N(1)-C(2) angle is 134.7(4)°, and the P(3)-N(2)-C(6) angle is 129.9-(4)°. 2 reacted readily with [Rh(CO) 2 Cl] 2 to form the mono metallic chelated Rh complex 4, 4,6-(CN) 2 C 6 F 2 -3-(NdPPh 3 )-1-(NdP(Ph) 2 CH 2 P(Ph) 2 Rh(CO)Cl). 1 reacts with both 1 equiv and 0.5 equiv of [Rh(CO) 2 Cl] 2 to form respectively 4,6-(CN) 2 C 6 F 2 -1,3-bis(NdP(Ph) 2 CH 2 P(Ph) 2 Rh-(CO)Cl), 5, and 4,6-(CN) 2 C 6 F 2 -1,3-bis(NdP(Ph) 2 CH 2 P(Ph) 2 )Rh(CO)Cl, 6. The half-metalated complex 6 can be converted to 5 with a second aliquot of the Rh precursor, and the dimetalated complex 5 can be converted to the half-metalated complex 6 by reaction of 5 with more ligand. The bis(phosphine) chelate structure of 6, the dimetalated complex, was deduced from the complex second-order 31 P NMR spectrum solved by simulation. The two P III are trans coordinated to the Rh center, and the two N are not coordinated. There is no P III -P III or P V -P V coupling, but each P III is coupled to two magnetically inequivalent P V . Structural characterization of the dimetalated complex 5 shows a symmetrically substituted complex containing two Rh centers with a square planar geometry around each Rh(I) with the CO cis to the phosphine. Bond angles and lengths are typical for the Rh(I) square planar chelate complex structures. The P(1)-N(1) distance of 1.61(1) Å in the complex is normal for a coordinated iminophosphoranyl group. The directly bound Rh-P III distance of 2.206-(4) Å also lies within the range found in many Rh(I) phosphine complexes of this type.