The reactivity of the late transition metals (TM) towards Sn II X 2 , where X is NR 2 , an organic group, or a halide, is still of current interest due to the fact that tin(II) dichloride is an important cocatalyst in various late-transition-metal-catalyzed reactions, such as hydrogenations, hydroformylations, or isomerization.[1] Most of these reactions show the general behavior of Sn II X 2 insertion into TM À Cl bonds and usually yield complexes with the general formula TMÀSnX 2 Cl with weakly coordinated Sn II anions, which have been postulated to have a strong trans-labilizing effect. [1][2][3] The exact role of Sn II X 2 as a cocatalyst is, however, still unclear. Better understanding of the nature of the interaction of the Sn II species with late transition metals was provided by Deelman and co-workers who studied the interaction of SnCl 2 and a Pt II complex in the presence of a catalytically relevant 2-PyPPh 2 ligand. These reactions yielded trans-II atom as a self-assembled P^Sn^P pincer ligand (Scheme 1).[4] The interaction of Sn II !Pt II was thus further supported by two head-to-head coordinated 2-PyPPh 2 ligands in bridging positions in complex I and the same group extended the nature of this motif to Sn II !Pd II interactions in a subsequent work.[5]In addition, recently Wagler et al. reported a structurally related metallastannatrane, [PdSnA C H T U N G T R E N N U N G (m-mt) 4 Cl 2 ], in which the Pd II !Sn IV interaction is supported by four mt ligands (mt = 1-methyl-2-mercaptoimidazolide) [6] and the same group extended the nature of this motif to Pd II !Si IV and Pt II !Si IV dative bonds (Scheme 1, II).[7] However, these metals!metallatranes contain inverse interactions between late transition metals and main-group metals, in which the transition metals act as s donors to the Lewis acidic center of the main-group elements.[8] Similar systems with various TM-E interactions (E = main-group element) were also reported by Bourrisou et al. [11]Armed with this knowledge together with the fact that we successfully synthesized several bimetallic complexes with Sn II !Pd II and Sn II !Pt II interactions, [12] we investigated the reactivity of the kinetically more robust complex cis-[Pt-A C H T U N G T R E N N U N G ({2,6-A C H T U N G T R E N N U N G (Me 2 NCH 2 ) 2 C 6 H 3 }SnCl) 2 Cl 2 ] (1, Scheme 2), with the N^C^N-chelating ligand 2,6-(Me 2 NCH 2 ) 2 C 6 H 3 À (hereafter denoted as L), [12c] towards the bridging mt ligand. However, the reaction of 1 with Na(mt) yielded only a complex mixture. On the other hand, reports dealing with the use of the pyridine-2-thionate (pyt) ligand (III, Scheme 1) in the Scheme 2. Synthesis of the mixture of complexes 2 and 3.