The synthesis and single crystal X-ray structures of eight Ag I , Hg II , and Pt II complexes with the thiacrown ethers maleonitrile-tetrathia-12-crown-4 (mn12S 4 ), maleonitrile-tetrathia-13-crown-4 (mn13S 4 ), and maleonitrile-pentathia-15-crown-5 (mn15S 5 ) (1) are reported. The ligand mn15S 5 was synthesized for the first time and characterized by X-ray diffraction. With silver(I) perchlorate and silver(I) tetrafluoroborate it forms the chiral complexes [Ag(mn15S 5 )]ClO 4 ·CH 3 NO 2 (2) and [Ag(mn15S 5 )]BF 4 ·CH 3 NO 2 ·0.25H 2 O (3) with half-sandwich moieties. Ag I is located in a distorted tetrahedral coordination environment, involving three sulfur atoms of the crown cycle and a fourth one of the adjacent half-sandwich moiety, forming a helical structure. The reaction of Hg(ClO 4 ) 2 with mn13S 4 yielded the dinuclear complex [Hg 2 (mn13S 4 ) 3 ](ClO 4 ) 4 (4) containing two half-sandwich moieties with a third ligand molecule as a bridging unit. Mercury(II) chloride and mercury (II) iodide react with mn12S 4 and mn13S 4 to form complexes of the general composition [HgX 2 (L)] (X = Cl, I; L = mn12S 4 , mn13S 4 ): [HgCl 2 (mn12S 4 )] (5), [HgI 2 (mn12S 4 )] (6), [HgCl 2 (mn13S 4 )] (7) or [HgX 2 (L) 2 ] (X = I; L = mn13S 4 ): [HgI 2 (mn13S 4 ) 2 ] (8).Only one or two sulfur atoms of the ligand are involved in the complexation, and chain or ribbon structures are formed. In these compounds the HgX 2 units (X = Cl, I) are preserved, coordinated by sulfur atoms of bridging mn12S 4 or mn13S 4 ligands. In all complexes of this type, the metal atoms are not coordinated inside the cavity, but in an exocyclic mode, because the diameter of the macrocycle is too small.Additionally, the PtCl 2 complex of mn12S 4 was investigated, where Pt II is coordinated in an exocyclic mode forming the complex [PtCl 2 (mn12S 4 )] (9). Two of the four sulfur atoms of the macrocycle are bonded to the metal giving together with both chlorine atoms a square-planar coordination geometry. Together with a long-range interaction with a further sulfur atom of the macrocycle a square-pyramidal coordination environment is formed.