Treatment of complex V(N-2,6-(i)Pr(2)C(6)H(3))Cl(3) with 1,2-dimethoxyethane (dme) gives in quasi-quantitative yield the adduct V(N-2,6-(i)Pr(2)C(6)H(3))Cl(3)(dme) (1). Interaction of 1 with bidentate phosphines gives V(N-2,6-(i)Pr(2)C(6)H(3))Cl(3)(P-P) (P-P = depe, 2a; dppe, 2b) compounds. An X-ray analysis (monoclinic, space group P2(1)/c, a = 14.7387(14) Å, b = 10.6738(10) Å, c = 16.999(3) Å, beta = 90.954(2) degrees, Z = 4, R = 0.0544), carried out on complex 2a, shows a mer arrangement of the chloride ligands and a nonsymmetrical coordination of the diphosphine ligand. One of the phosphorus atoms occupies the trans position with respect to the organoimido ligand. MO calculations on the models V(NR)Cl(3)(H(2)PCH(2)CH(2)PH(2)) (R = H, C(6)H(5)) of complex 2a were performed. The mer isomer, which is more stable than the fac isomer, shows good agreement with the experimental data.