“…Tetradentate [C,N,C,N] Schiff bases generally undergo double metallation to give compounds with two metal atoms per organic ligand [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], however, as we have reported previously, in the case of the potentialy tetradentate ligands derived from isophthalaldehyde, 1,3-(CyN@CH) 2 C 6 H 4 , and terephthalaldehyde, 1,4-(CyN@CH) 2 conditions [17][18][19]. Thus, treatment with palladium(II) acetate in acetic acid gave the monocyclometallated complexes 1 and 2 after cleavage of one C@N double bond, and we have studied the reactivity of these cyclometallated complexes towards different mono and bidentate ligands [20][21][22][23][24]. Herein, we present further developments of our investigations regarding the reactivity of 1 and 2 with the new group 15 donor atom bidentate ligands: the diphosphines, 1,2-bis(di-o-tolylphosphino)ethane and 4-(diphenylphosphino)-2-(diphenylphosphinomethyl)pyrrol, as well the diarsine: 1,2-bis(diphenylarsino)ethane.…”