Two homoleptic pyridyl-functionalized C,N-ortho-chelating aminoaryl platinum(II) complexes, cis-[Pt(η 2 -C,N)] (3a,b), were prepared via an unconventional method involving the initial synthesis of a bromide-functionalized C,N-chelating aminoaryl platinum(II) precursor complex 8, to which subsequently pyridyl groups were attached via a Suzuki− Miyaura C−C coupling reaction. The electron-donating properties of the pyridyl nitrogen atoms of the resulting complexes (3a,b) were used in complexation reactions with monocationic NCN-pincer (NCN ) [C 6 H 3 (CH 2 NMe 2 ) 2 -2,6] -) platinum(II) (11a) and palladium(II) (12a) nitrate complexes [M(NCN)(NO 3 )], thereby obtaining four trimetallic coordination complexes 16−19. The difference in the pyridine−metal coordination behavior between platinum and palladium was studied by varying the ratios of the reagents and by variable-temperature NMR experiments. IR and Raman analyses of 11a and 12a were performed to determine the coordination behavior of the nitrate counteranion, and it was found that both NO 3 -and H 2 O coordinate to the metal centers. The crystal structure determinations of free pyridyl complex 3a, [Pt(NCN)(NO 3 )] (11a), and [Pt(NCN)(NO 3 )]‚(H 2 O) (11b), as well as the crystal structure of trisplatinum coordination complex 16, are reported.