The reaction of trans(N)-[Co(D-pen) 2 ] À (pen ¼ penicillaminate) or trans(N)-[Co(L-pen) 2 ] À with [MCl 2 (L)] (M ¼ Pd or Pt, L ¼ 2,2 0 -bipyridine (bpy) or 4,4 0 -dimethyl-2,2 0 -bipyridine (dmbpy)) stereoselectively gave an optically active S-bridged dinuclear complex, [M(L){Co(Dpen) 2 }]Cl Á 3H 2 O or [M(L){Co(L-pen) 2 }]Cl Á 3H 2 O. The mixture of equimolar amounts of these two enantiomers in H 2 O crystallizes as [M(L){Co(D-pen) 2 }] 0.5 [M(L){Co(Lpen)in which the enantiomeric complex cations are included in the ratio of 1 : 1. In the crystals of 1cCl Á 7H 2 O, [Pd(bpy){Co(D-pen) 2 }] þ (1a) and [Pd(bpy){Co(L-pen) 2 }] þ (1b) are arranged alternately while overlapping the bpy planes along the a axis, and the electronic systems of bpy moieties interact with each other. This is quite a contrast to the optically active 1aCl Á 3H 2 O or 1bCl Á 3H 2 O, which exist as monomers without intermolecular interactions. In crystals of 2cCl Á 7H 2 O and 3cCl Á 6H 2 O, similarly, the two enantiomeric complex cations interact with each other through the dmbpy frameworks. However, the interplane distances between the stacked systems in these dmbpy complexes are considerably longer than in the bpy complexes. Such structural characteristics significantly reflect their diffuse reflectance spectra.