Eight organoantimony and organobismuth dihalides, containing two types of O,C,O-chelating (so-called pincer) ligands, 2,6-(ROCH2)C6H3- (R = Me, L-1; R = Bu-t, L-2; (LSbCl2)-Sb-1 (1), (LSbCl2)-Sb-2 (2), (LSbI2)-Sb-1 (3), (LSbI2)-Sb-2 (4), (LBiCl2)-Bi-1 (5