Reactions of HgR 2 (R = CH 2 CH 2 Ph, 1a; CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 Ph, 1b; CH 2 CHMePh, 1c) (prepared from HgCl 2 and the requisite Grignard compounds) with lithium in toluene afforded (phenylalkyl)lithium compounds LiR (2a−c) in yields of between 64 and 81%. At −30°C, they react with [PdCl 2 (dppe)] [dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)ethane] yielding bis-(phenylalkyl)palladium(II) complexes [PdR 2 (dppe)] (3a−c) which were isolated (T dec = 159°C, 3a; 80°C, 3b; 145°C, 3c) and fully characterized by 1 H, 13 C, and 31 P NMR spectroscopy.Single-crystal X-ray diffraction of [Pd(CH 2 CH 2 Ph) 2 (dppe)] (3a) showed that the palladium atom is square-planar coordinated by two 2-phenylethyl ligands and the dppe ligand. The two CH 2 CH 2 Ph ligands exhibite nearly a fully staggered conformation. Overall, a good approximation for the complex is that it has C 2 symmetry with the C 2 axis defined by the Pd atom and the midpoint of the central C−C bond of the dppe ligand. Bis(phenylalkyl)palladium complexes 3a and 3b reacted with PhSH in a 1:1 ratio yielding [PdR(SPh)(dppe)] (R = CH 2 CH 2 Ph, 5a; CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 Ph, 5b), whereas in the case of complex 3c, besides [Pd(CH 2 CHMePh)(SPh)(dppe)] (5c), a considerable [a]