Reaction of hybrid scorpionate/cyclopentadienyl ligands in the form of the lithium derivatives [Li(bpzcp)(THF)] [bpzcp 2,2-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-1, 1-diphenylethylcyclopentadienyl], [Li(bpztcp)(THF)] [bpztcp = 2,2-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1 -yl)-1 -tert-butylethylcyclopentadienyl], and the in situ-generated "Li(bpzpcp)" [bpzpcp = 2,2-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-1-phenylethylcyclopentadienyl] with MCl3(THF)3 afforded the group 3 halide compounds [MCl2(bpzcp)(THF)] (M = Sc, 1; Y, 2), [MCl2(bpztcp)(THF)] (M = Sc, 3; Y, 4), and [MCl2(bpzpcp)(THF)l (M = Sc, 5; Y, 6). The H2O adduct of 4, [YCl2(bpztcp)(H2O)] (7), was formed when a solution of 4 was allowed to stand at room temperature in the presence of moisture. Complexes 1-7 adopt a pseudo-octahedral structure with heteroscorpionate ligands kappa(2)-NN eta(5)-Cp coordinated to the metal through the cyclopentadienyl group and two imino nitrogens of pyrazole rings. The alkyl heteroscorpionate scandium and yttrium complexes recently reported by our group, [M(CH2SiMe3)(2)(bpzcp)], react with 2,6-dimethylphenol and 3,5-dimethylphenol to give the bis(aryloxide) derivatives [M(OAr)(2)(bpzcp)] (M = Sc, OAr = 2,6-dimethylphenoxide, 8; M = Y, OAr = 2,6-dimethylphenoxide, 9; M = Y, OAr = 3,5-dimethylphenoxide, 10). Complex 9 underwent an interesting hydrolysis process to give the tetranuclear complex [{Y(bpzcp)}(mu-OH)(2)(mu(3)-OH){Y(OAr)(2)}](2) (11). Variable-temperature H-1 NMR experiments on 9 and 10 revealed a rapid fluxional exchange between coordinated and noncoordinated pyrazolyl rings, producing interconversion between the two enantiomers in which the scorpionate ligand can be coordinated in a kappa(1)-N eta(5)-Cp form. The structures of the complexes were determined by spectroscopic methods and the X-ray crystal structures of 2, 7, and 11 were also established. Complexes 1 and 2 are active olefin polymerization catalysts after activation with methylaluminoxane. These compounds gave atactic polystyrenes with narrow molecular weight distribution (M-n/M-w 1.26-1.91) and with low molecular weights.