Enantiomerically pure 7‐bromo‐1,3‐dihydro‐3‐hydroxymethyl‐1‐methyl‐5‐(2′‐pyridyl)‐2H‐1,4‐benzodiazepin‐2one, (+)‐1, affords the dichloro adduct 3, [CuCl2(1)], when treated with a solution of CuCl2·2H2O in ethanol. Complex 3 is isolated as a racemic compound. The replacement of one chlorine atom with DMSO gives complex 4, [CuCl(1‐H)(DMSO)]. The C(3)‐oxygenated product appears as a racemic N,N,O‐tridentate ligand in the square‐pyramidal complex 5. Oxidative ring contraction of (+)‐1 yields 6‐bromo‐4‐ethoxy‐1,4‐dihydro‐1‐methyl‐4‐(2′‐pyridyl)‐1,3‐quinazoline, which acts as an N,N‐bidentate ligand in the tetrahedral complex 6. Reaction of 3‐acetoxymethyl‐7‐bromo‐1,3‐dihydro‐1‐methyl‐5‐(2′‐pyridyl)‐2H‐1,4‐benzodiazepin‐2‐one, (±)‐2, with CuCl2·2H2O, affords the square‐pyramidal complex 7, [CuCl2(2)]. In this complex the lactam oxygen atom of a neighbouring molecule binds to the fifth coordination site, hence forming an infinite chain of connected polyhedra in the crystal. Oxidative ring contraction of 2 leads to 6‐bromo1,4‐dihydro‐4‐hydroxy‐1‐methyl‐4‐(2′pyridyl)‐1,3‐quinazoline, which acts as an N,N‐bidentate ligand in the centrosymmetric binuclear five‐coordinate CuII complex 8. In this complex the di‐μ‐chloro bridges are asymmetrical: one Cl atom is in an apical position [Cu−Cl, 2.820 (7) Å], whereas the other is in an equatorial position [Cu−Cl, 2.252 (5) Å]. The complexes are characterised by IR spectroscopy and X‐ray structure analysis. Mechanisms of racemisation, oxygenation and ring contraction are discussed.