Ferrocene and its derivatives compounds have shown a significant role in medicinal organometallic chemistry as an antiparasitic or antibacterial. Therefore, we herein report on the utilization of dithioesters ferrocenyl derivatives as proligands for the synthesis of heteroleptic platinum(II) and homoleptic palladium(II) complexes bearing a conserved O,S binding moiety. The resulting complexes [Pt(L1)(DMSO)Cl] (1), [Pt(L2)(DMSO)Cl] (2), [Pt(L3)(DMSO)Cl] (3), [Pd(L1)₂] (4), [Pd(L2)₂] (5), and [Pd(L3)₂] (6), in which HL1 = methyl 3-hydroxy-3-ferroceneprop-2-enedithioate, HL2 = ethyl 3-hydroxy-3-ferroceneprop-2-enedithioate and HL3 = propyl 3-hydroxy-3-ferroceneprop-2-enedithioate, were fully characterized employing a variety of analytical techniques (NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and mass spectrometry and X-ray structure determination of complexes 2 and 6). Cytotoxicity assays of the synthesized