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Treatment of the hydride complex (C5Me5)Os(dppm)H, [dppm = bis(diphenylphos
phino)methane] with 2 equivalents of methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (MeOT
f) affords the methylidene complex [(C5Me5)Os(=CH2)(dppm)][OTf]; the molecu
lar structure and dynamic NMR behavior of this methylidene complex are desc
ribed.