The meta-diaminoaryl ferrocenes Fc-NCN-H (3) and Fc-C"C-NCN-H (5) (Fc = (g 5 -C 5 H 5 )(g 5 -C 5 H 4 )Fe, NCN-H = C 6 H 3 (CH 2 NMe 2 ) 2 -3,5) can be used as precursors in the preparation of heterobimetallic transition metal complexes of structural type Fc-NCN-MX (NCN = [C 6 H 2 (CH 2 NMe 2 ) 2 -2,6] À ; MX = PdCl (7), PtCl (8), PtI (9)) and Fc-C"C-NCN-MX (MX = PdCl (11), PdI (12), PtCl (13)), respectively. They are accessible by applying different synthesis procedures, including oxidative addition and metallation-transmetallation processes.Cyclovoltammetric studies show that the ferrocene moieties in 3, 5, 7-9 and 11-13 can reversibly be oxidised. The potential of the Fe(II)/Fe(III) redox couple decreases with increasing electron density at the NCN pincer unit. The use of 8 as a possible (electro)chemical sensor in the detection of SO 2 is discussed as well.The solid-state structures of 8 and 13 are reported. The crystals of 8 contain two molecules of 8 in the asymmetric unit. The plane of the C 6 H 2 moiety is with 27.2(3)°and 38.2(3)°tilted towards the C 5 H 4 entity, while in 13 an angle of 45.9(3)°can be found. The d 8 -electron configured platinum atoms possess a somewhat distorted square-planar surrounding, setup by two Me 2 NCH 2 ortho-substituents, the NCN C ipso carbon atom and the chloride ligand.