The reaction of the P,S ligands CpFe{1,2-C 5 H 3 (PPh 2 )(CH 2 SR)}, (1-R; R = Et, Ph, tBu), with 0.5 equivalents of [Ir(COD)Cl] 2 (metal/ligand = 1:1) furnishes the stable mononuclear adducts [Ir(COD)Cl(1-R)], 2-R, in high yields. The molecular structures of the three complexes 2-R have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 2-Et and 2-Ph have similar five-coordinate molecular structures, with an intermediate coordination geometry between a distorted trigonal-bipyramid and a distorted square-pyramid. In the solid state, the sulfur atom chirality (R group exo, lone pair endo and parallel to the Cp-Fe axis) as well as the iridium chirality (Cl atom exo relative to the ferrocene group) is controlled by the ligand planar chirality. In solution, only one diastereoisomer is observed in both cases, indicating that the geometries observed in the solid state are maintained in solution, or that the different species are in rapid exchange on the NMR time scale. Complex 2-tBu, on the other hand, shows a four-coordinate square-planar molecular structure with a dangling thioether moiety, probably for steric reasons. For metal/ligand ratios greater than 1, the compounds [Ir(COD){κ 2 -P:S-(1-R)}] + [Ir(COD)Cl 2 ] -(3-R) are obtained, resulting from the chloride abstraction by the excess iridium metal on complex