Cesium or tetraethylammonium salts of the doubly negatively charged mercury(II) complexes [Hg(12-I-closo-1-CB 11 H 10 ) 2 ] 2− (1), [Hg(12-HCC-closo-1-CB 11 H 10 ) 2 ] 2− (2), [Hg-(12-FcCC-closo-1-CB 11 H 10 ) 2 ] 2− (3), and [Hg(12-iPr 3 SiCCcloso-1-CB 11 H 10 ) 2 ] 2− (4) were synthesized. The synthesis of the alkynyl-functionalized clusters was conducted via two different routes. The alkynyl moiety either was present before formation of the mercury(II) complex or was introduced via a Pd-catalyzed crosscoupling reaction using Cs 2 1 as starting material. The compounds were characterized by multi-NMR and vibrational spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. Gas-phase reactions of the dianions 1, 2, and 3 were studied by collision-induced dissociation in (−)-ESI mass spectrometry experiments. Single crystals of Cs, and [Et 4 N] 2 3 were studied by X-ray diffraction. In the crystals of Cs 2 1•xMe 2 CO (x ≈ 2) the dianions and half of the Cs + cations form a stacked hexagonal structure with channels that contain the second half of the Cs + cations and the solvent molecules. The formation of this supramolecular structure is rationalized by weak Hg•••I and Cs•••I interactions that are close to classical van der Waals interactions.