We have prepared new Mo(NR)(CHCMe 2 Ph)(diolate) complexes (R = 2,6-i-Pr 2 C 6 H 3 , 2,6-Me 2 C 6 H 3 , 1-Adamantyl, or 2-CF 3 C 6 H 4 ) that contain relatively electron-withdrawing binaphtholate (3,3′-bis-(9-anthracenyl), 3,3′-bispentafluorophenyl, or 3,3′-bis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl) or biphenolate (3,3′-di-tert-butyl-5,5′-bistrifluoromethyl-6,6′-dimethyl-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diolate) ligands. We also have prepared new monomeric Mo(NR)(CHCMe 2 Ph)(2,5-dimethylpyrrolide) 2 complexes and have treated them with biphenols or binaphthols in order to prepare several Mo(NR) (CHCMe 2 Ph)(diolate) species. In one case the new Mo(NR)(CHCMe 2 Ph)(diolate) complexes could be prepared only through reaction of a binaphthol [3,3′-bis(pentafluorophenyl)binaphthol] with a bis (2,5-dimethylpyrrolide) complex. The pyrrolide approach can be employed either to isolate catalysts on a preparative scale or to generate catalysts in situ. Several simple preliminary ring-closing metathesis reactions show that the new complexes are catalytically competent.