Chiral, biphenyl-bridged metallocene complexes of general type biph(3,4-R2CsH2)2MCI2 (biph = 1,1'-biphenyldiyI) were synthesized and characterized. For the dimethyl-substituted titanocenes and zirconocenes (R CH 3 ; M Ti, Zr). preparations with increafed overall yields and an optical resolution method were developed. The bis(2-tetrahydroindenyI) complexes (R,R = (CH 2)4; M = Ti, Zr) were obtained by an alternative synthetic route and characterized with regard to their crystal structures. Syntheses of the phenyl-substituted derivatives (R C 6 H 5; M Ti, Zr) and of a chiral, methyl-substituted vanadocene complex (R CH 3; M V) are also reported.