The study is focused on the preparation, characterization, and structure elucidation of two new molecular cluster complexes of niobium, one with an aromatic N donor ligand, the other one with an O-carboxamide ligand: [Nb 6 Cl 12 (Pyr) 6 ][AlCl 4 ] 2 (1) (Pyr = pyridine) and [Nb 6 Cl 12 (NMP) 6 ][GaCl 4 ] 2 (2) (NMP = N-methyl-pyrrolidone). The synthesis of such substituted niobium cluster compounds, starting * Prof. Dr. M. Köckerling