Experimental and Synthetic Details General Considerations All reactions were performed at room temperature in a nitrogen filled M. Braun glovebox or using standard Schlenk techniques unless otherwise specified. Glassware was oven dried at 140 o C for at least two hours prior to use, and allowed to cool under vacuum. Bis(odiisopropylphosphinophenyl)-chlorophosphine (P2P Cl) was prepared as described elsewhere. 1 All other reagents were obtained commercially unless otherwise noted and typically stored over activated 4 Å molecular sieves. Tetrahydrofuran, toluene-d8 and benzene-d6 were dried using sodium/benzophenone ketyl, degassed with three freeze-pump-thaw cycles, vacuum transferred, and stored over 3 Å molecular sieves prior to use. Diethyl ether, benzene, toluene, acetonitrile, hexanes, and pentane were dried by sparging with nitrogen for at least 15 minutes, then passing through a column of activated A2 alumina under positive nitrogen pressure. 1 H and 31 P NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian 300 or 400 MHz spectrometer. All chemical shifts (δ) are reported in ppm, and coupling constants (J) are in hertz. The 1 H-NMR spectra were referenced using residual H impurity in the deuterated solvent. UV-Vis spectra were recorded on a Varian Cary Bio 50 spectrophotometer. Infrared (ATR-IR) spectra were recorded on a Bruker ALPHA ATR-IR spectrometer. Elemental analyses were performed at Caltech. Physical Methods Mössbauer Measurements. Zero field 57 Fe Mössbauer spectra were recorded in constant acceleration on a spectrometer from See Co (Edina, MN) equipped with an SVT-400 cryostat (Janis, Wilmington, WA). The quoted isomer shifts are relative to the centroid of the spectrum of α-Fe foil at room temperature. Unless otherwise noted, samples were prepared by grinding polycrystalline (20-50 mg) into a fine powder and pressed into a homogenous pellet with boron nitride in a cup fitted with a screw cap. The data were fitted to Lorentzian lineshapes using the program WMOSS (www.wmoss.org). Magnetic Measurements. Magnetic measurements for 5 were conducted with a Quantum Design MPMS3 SQUID Magnetometer at the University of California, Los Angeles. A polycrystalline sample of 5 was wrapped in plastic film and placed in a gelatin capsule. The capsule was then inserted into a plastic straw. Magnetization data at 100 K from 0 to 4 T were collected to confirm the absence of ferromagnetic impurities. Direct current variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements were collected between 1.8 and 300 K with a 0.1 T field. Magnetic susceptibility data was corrected for diamagnetism of the sample, estimated using Pascal's constants. Magnetic susceptibility data was simulated with PHI. 2 X-ray Crystallography. For compounds 4-8, low-temperature (100 K) diffraction data (φand ω-scans) were collected on a Bruker AXS D8 VENTURE KAPPA diffractometer coupled to a PHOTON 100 CMOS detector with Mo Kα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å) or with Cu Kα (λ = 1.54178 Å). All diffractometer manipulations, including data collection, integration, and ...