Straightforward syntheses for some basic functional pyrazole derivatives are reported. These compounds serve as starting materials for the preparation of a series of new 3,5-donorsubstituted multifunctional pyrazole compounds, which may act as compartmental dinucleating ligand scaffolds for the controlled assembly of bimetallic complexes. The thp-protected 3,5-bis(chloromethyl)pyrazole (1), and in particular the more reactive 3,5-bis(bromomethyl) analogue 3, permit efficient attachment of various N-donor side arms through nucleophilic substitution reactions. The preparation of the enantiomerically pure (methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine derivative 2e by this route makes use of the intrinsic C 2 symmetry of the pyrazole-based framework, and a dizinc complex [a]