Complexes of the type cis-[PtPh 2 (CO)(η 1 -P−N)] and cis-[PtPh 2 (CO)(η 1 -P−S)], where bidentate phosphorus−nitrogen and phosphorus−sulfur ligands are bound to the metal centre in a monodentate fashion [P−N = Ph 2 PC 5 H 4 N (Ph 2 PPy), Ph 2 P(CH 2 ) 2 C 5 H 4 N (ppye), Ph 2 P(o-C 6 H 4 )NMe 2 (PNMe 2 ), Ph 2 P(CH 2 ) n NMe 2 (n = 2, 3, i.e., peNMe 2 and ppNMe 2 ) and P−S = Ph 2 P(CH 2 ) 2 SEt (P−SEt), Ph 2 P(CH 2 ) n SPh (n = 1, 2, i.e., P−CH 2 SPh and P−SPh)], were prepared in situ by reaction of the hybrid ligands with cis-[PtPh 2 (CO)(SEt 2 )]. In each case, the first observed process was the fast substitution of diethyl sulfide by the phosphanyl group leading to the monosubstituted ring-open cis-[PtPh 2 (CO)(η 1 -P−X)] (X = N or S) complexes, which were characterised in solution by 1 H and 31 P{ 1 H} NMR spectroscopy. These initially formed species undergo a slow ring closure process with extrusion of carbon monoxide and formation of the chelate [PtPh 2 (P−X)] products, except in the case of the short-bite Ph 2 PPy and P−CH 2 SPh ligands and of ppNMe 2 , where ring closure was not observed. The chelate complexes were isolated as solids