Dipiperidylmethane (CH(2)dipip) coordinates to photochemically created W(CO)(4) species to give a tungsten(0) complex [W(CO)(4)(CH(2)dipip)]. The structure of the new bidentate amine complex of tungsten(0) was established by spectroscopic methods (NMR, IR, UVVis) in solution and by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. A preliminary experiment indicates that the tungsten complex emits light at lambda(max). 556 nm, when it is excited by lambda(max) 523 nm in the solid state at room temperature. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.