Several new telluroamide and selenoamide group 6 metal complexes (2a–2f), C5H9NOE‐M(CO)5, where E is Te or Se and M is Cr, Mo, or W, have been successfully synthesized by the reaction between PyM(CO)5 and 4‐(telluroformyl)morpholine (1a) or 4‐(selenoformyl)morpholine (1b). The crystal structures of C5H9NOSe (1b), C5H9NOTe‐Cr(CO)5 (2a), and C5H9NOSe‐Cr(CO)5 (2d) have been determined. The changes in the physical properties and structures between free ligands (1a, 1b) and coordinated telluro‐ or selenocarbonyls (in complexes 2a–2f) have been investigated. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 9:57–64, 1998