The reactions of secondary dithioxamides H 2 R 2 DTO 1−11 [R = methyl 1, ethyl 2, n-propyl 3, n-butyl 4, isoamyl 5, benzyl 6, p-tolyl 7, (R)-1-phenylethyl 8, (R,S)-1-phenylethyl 9, isopropyl 10, cyclohexyl 11] with the chloride-bridge dimer [(η 6 -p-cymene)RuCl(µ-Cl)] 2 complex readily afforded either bimetallic ruthenium complexes of formula [(η 6 -p-cymene)RuCl 2 ](µ-R 2 DTO) (R = methyl 12a, R = ethyl, 12b, R = n-propyl 12c; R = n-butyl 12d; R = isoamyl 12e; R = benzyl 12f; R = p-tolyl 12g) or mononuclear ''piano stool'' geometry ion pairs {(η 6 -p-cymene)RuCl(H 2 R 2 DTO) + ,(Cl − ) κ-S,SЈ Ru} [R = (R)-1-phenylethyl, 13a; R = (R,S)-1-phenylethyl, 13b; R = isopropyl, 13c; R = cyclohexyl, 13d]. The driving force of the