Two potentially tripodal ligands, tris(1-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4yl)phosphine oxide (OP( 1,2,3 Tz 1À Ph ) 3 ) and tris(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3triazol-4-yl)phosphine oxide (OP( 1,2,3 Tz 1À benz ) 3 ), were used in reactions with [Re(CO) 5 Br] and (NEt 4 ) 2 [Tc(CO) 3 Cl 3 ]. While the formation of rhenium complexes with bidentate and tridentate coordinated phosphine oxides was observed, for technetium only cationic complexes with tripodal coordinated OP( 1,2,3 Tz 1À R ) ligands were isolated. The products have been characterized spectroscopically and by single crystal X-ray diffraction.