Isomeric dichalcogenides [Me2NCH(Me)CH2E]2 [(N∩E**)2] and [Me2NCH2CH(Me)E]2 [(N∩E*)2] (E = S, Se, Te) have been obtained by the reactions of NaSH or M′2E2 (M′ = Na or K) with Me2NCH2CHMeCl. The former reaction affords mainly (N∩E**)2 (E = S) while from the latter mixtures of (N∩E**)2 and (N∩E*)2 [referred to as (N∩E)2, E = S, Se, Te] were isolated, the ratios in the mixtures depending on the chalcogen. Reactions of (N∩E)Na with [M2Cl2(μ‐Cl)2(PR3)2] gave complexes [MCl(N∩E)(PR3)] (M = Pd or Pt). These chiral, mixed‐ligand complexes have been characterised by elemental analysis, IR, UV/Vis and NMR (1H, 13C, 31P, 77Se, 125Te, 195Pt) spectroscopy, and, in part, by X‐ray structure analysis. The complexes display a typical pattern of mutually trans‐oriented neutral (P and N) and anionic (Cl and E) donor atoms in an approximately square‐planar environment. In contrast to the platinum(II) analogues, the X‐ray structures of the complexes [PdCl(N∩E)(PMePh2)] (E = S or Se) revealed both a conformational isomerism of the five‐membered chelate ring and, for Se, the co‐crystallisation of complexes with both the N∩E* and N∩E** isomeric ligands. The thermal behaviour of some complexes has been investigated. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)