(No. 2) with a = 12.242(3) Angstrom, b = 14.384(3) Angstrom, c = 11.653(2) Angstrom, alpha = 98.61(2)degrees, beta = 96.88(2)degrees, gamma = 106.38(2)degrees, V = 2023.3(8) Angstrom(3), Z = 2, R = 0.045, and R(W) = 0.052. The Rh(I) center is in a square-planar coordination environment with the two phosphines of the dppL Ligand framework being trans to each other. The pyridine nitrogen is unobstructed and available for binding to other metal centers. Compound 14 acts as a metalloligand toward Pd(II) centers to form the trinuclear complex {(dppL)PdCl}2PdCl2 (16). N-coordination of a metal moiety and of a Lewis acid influences the electronic properties on the Pd center.