The treatment of cis, cis-1,3,5-tris(diphenylphosphinomethyl)cyclohexane (tdppmcy) with Rh(CO)Cl(PPh 3 ) 2 , MCl 2 L 2 (M = Pd, Pt; L = PhCN, MeCN), Pt(CN) 2 , AgBF 4 , or Au(Cl)PPh 3 in a stoichiometric ratio of 2:3 affords the trimeric macrocyclic cage compounds [M] 3 (tdppmcy) 2 {[M] = trans-Rh(CO)Cl (2), trans-PdCl 2 (3), trans-Pt(CN) 2 (4b), Ag + (5), and AuCl (6)} in [a]