Reaction of the water-soluble phosphine phosphonic acid p-TPPTP(H) 6 (p-triphenylphosphine triphosphonic acid) with Co 2 (CO) 8 under biphasic conditions results in the formation of Co 6 (CO 3) depending on the pH of the solution. These supramolecular organometallic Co(I)/Co(II) complexes contain either six (2) or four (3) crystallographically distinct cobalt ions. The cation [Co(CO) 3 (p-TPPTP) 2 ] + from 2 was reacted with titanium tetraisopropoxide via a sol-gel method to give a titania-supported Co(I) olefin hydroformylation catalyst, which was characterized using solid-state 31 P NMR, IR, and XPS.