Comproportionation of trans-[Pd(κ 2-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 ] with [PdL 4 ] (L = PPh 3 , AsPh 3) gives metal− metal-bonded dipalladium(I) complexes [Pd 2 I (μ-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 (L) 2 ] [L = PPh 3 (5), AsPh 3 (6)] in which the bridging ligands adopt a head-to-tail arrangement. The corresponding diplatinum(I) complex [Pt 2 I (μ-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 (PPh 3) 2 ] (9) is obtained similarly from [Pt(κ 2-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 ] and [Pt(PPh 3) 3 ]. The separations between the metal atoms in the dipalladium(I) complexes [2.5740(3) Å (5), 2.5511(3) Å (6)] are slightly less than that in the diplatinum(I) complex 9 [2.61179(15) Å]. The axial triphenylarsine ligands of 6 are replaced by tert-butyl isocyanide to give the dipalladium(I) complex [Pd 2 I (μ-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 (CN t Bu) 2 ] (7). However, treatment of trans-[Pd(κ 2-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 ] with [Pd(CN t Bu) 2 ], generated in situ from a mixture of tert-butyl isocyanide and [Pd(η 5-Cp)(η 3-allyl)], gives a formally mixed-valent palladium(0)−palladium(II) complex [Pd 2 0/II (μ-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 (CN t Bu) 2 ] (8), in which the bridging ligands are arranged head-to-head. In contrast, comproportionation of [Pt(κ 2-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 ] with [Pt 3 (CN t Bu) 6 ] gives the diplatinum(I) complex [Pt 2 I (μ-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 (CN t Bu) 2 ] (10) analogous to 7; there was no evidence for the formation of a dinuclear mixed-valent species. Although complexes 7 and 8 are isomers, with similar Pd−Pd separations [2.5803(4) Å (7), 2.5580(2) Å (8)], they do not interconvert in solution. The diplatinum(I) complex 9 undergoes oxidative addition with iodine to give an A-frame cation, [Pt 2 (μ-I)(μ-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 (PPh 3) 2 ] + , isolated as its PF 6 − salt (11). In contrast, the dipalladium(I) complex 5 eliminates one of the PPh 3 ligands when it undergoes oxidative addition with halogens and with methyl iodide, the products being A-frame dipalladium(II) complexes [Pd 2 X(μ-Y)(μ-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2) 2 (PPh 3)] [X = Y = I (12), Cl (13); X = Me, Y = I (14)]. The metal−metal distances in 11−14 [2.9478(5) Å (11), 2.8078(7) Å (12), 2.8241(3) Å (13), and 2.8013(5) Å (14)] are ca. 0.3 Å greater than in their dimetal(I) precursors, consistent with a weaker metal−metal interaction in the dimetal(II) complexes. Unexpectedly, reaction of 5 with iodobenzene gives a mononuclear palladium(II) complex, cis-[Pd(κ 2 C,P-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2)(κC-2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2)(PPh 3)] (15). This is suggested to be formed by a sequence of (a) oxidative addition of iodobenzene to 5 to give a σ-phenyl complex analogous to the σ-methyl complex 14, (b) a change in the binding mode of one of the 2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2 ligands from μto κ 2-, and (c) reductive elimination of tetraphenylphosphonium iodide and loss of Pd(0).