Several different synthetic approaches to a total of 13 novel B, Al, and Sm complexes derived from the tridentate tripodal triamine ligand [N 3 ]H 3 with a neopentane, trisilylmethane, or trisilylsilane backbone and different N-substituents, as well as applications of the selected complexes to polymerization catalysis, are reported. Salt metathesis between HC[SiMe 2 N(CH 2 Ph)] 3 Li 3 (THF) 2 (THF ) tetrahydrofuran) and AlCl 3 in Et 2 O/hexanes leads to complete elimination of LiCl and formation of the corresponding tripodal triamido alane HC[SiMe 2 N(CH 2 Ph)] 3 Al‚(THF) (1). On the other hand, the reaction of {MeC[CHN(SiMe 3 )] 3 Li 3 } 2 and AlCl 3 in Et 2 O/hexanes yields a LiCl-containing compound MeC[CH 2 N(SiMe 3 )] 3 AlCl[Li(Et 2 O)] (2). Alkane elimination involving [N 3 ]H 3 and 1 AlMe 3 produces diamido-amino aluminum methyl HC-[SiMe 2 NHAr][SiMe 2 NAr] 2 AlMe [Ar ) 4-MeC 6 H 4 (3), CH 2 Ph (4)], while the reaction using g2 AlMe 3 gives amido-amino aluminum dimethyl [ArHNMe 2 Si](H)C[SiMe 2 NAr] 2 (AlMe 2 ) 2 (Ar ) 4-MeC 6 H 4 , 5) and [(Me 3 Si)HNCH 2 ](Me)C[CH 2 N(SiMe 3 )] 2 (AlMe 2 ) 2 (6). The H 2 -elimination route involves treatment of [N 3 ]H 3 with LiAlH 4 and AlH 3 , affording [{HC[SiMe 2 N(4-MeC 6 H 4 )] 3 AlH}Li] 2 (7) and MeSi[SiMe 2 N-(4-MeC 6 H 4 )] 3 AlH(AlH 2 ) (8), respectively. There is no reaction between [N 3 ]H 3 and Al[N(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] 3 ; however, the amine-elimination reaction using Sm[N(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] 3 produces tripodal triamido Sm complex {MeSi[SiMe 2 N(4-MeC 6 H 4 )] 3 Sm} 2 (9). Ligand exchange between tripodal borane HC[SiMe 2 N(4-MeC 6 H 4 )] 3 B and AlR 3 (R ) Me, H) offers the first-step ligand exchange product HC[SiMe 2 N(4-MeC 6 H 4 )] 3 -BMe(AlMe 2 ) (10) or the second-step ligand exchange product HC[SiMe 2 N(4-MeC 6 H 4 )] 3 AlH(BH 2 ) (11). Activation of dimethyl metallocenes LZrMe 2 by HC[SiMe 2 N(4-MeC 6 H 4 )] 3 B produces ligand redistribution products LZrMe[N(4-MeC 6 H 4 )SiMe 2 ](H)C[SiMe 2 N(4-MeC 6 H 4 )] 2 BMe [L ) Cp 2 ( 12), rac-Et(Ind) 2 ( 13)]. Besides characterizations by NMR and elemental analysis of the above new complexes, six of them (2, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 13) have also been structurally characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction studies. "Activated" metallocene complexes 12 and 13 are inactive for ethylene or propylene polymerization. Complex 1 exhibits low activity for ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of propylene oxide, but high activity for ROP of -caprolactone (CL). Significantly, tripodal aluminum hydride 8 effects catalytic ROP of CL upon addition of benzyl alcohol as a chain-transfer reagent.