Homoleptic copper(I) and silver(I) complexes [M(L-L) 2 ]X (M ) Cu, X ) PF 6 ; M ) Ag, X ) BF 4 ; L-L ) o-C 6 H 4 (EMe) 2 ; E ) S, Se, Te) have been prepared and characterized by analysis, FAB mass spectrometry, and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy ( 1 H, 77 Se, 125 Te, 63 Cu, 109 Ag). Variable-temperature NMR studies have been used to probe various exchange processes occurring in solution. Single-crystal X-ray structural studies show that the Cu( [trigonal, a ) 13.632(6) Å, c ) 67.983(4) Å, R3 hc, Z ) 18] are isostructural and exist as mononuclear species with chelating bis(seleno-and bis(telluroethers), respectively, whereas the single-crystal structure ofanions and CH 2 Cl 2 solvent molecules. The o-C 6 H 4 (SeMe) 2 ligands in the latter exist as a mixture of invertomers within the infinite chains; the chelating ones adopt the meso arrangement while the bridging ones occur as the DL form. This is the first structurally characterized complex involving a bridging o-phenylene group 16 donor ligand and the first case of both invertomers occurring in a single complex.