“…), with substituted derivatives of boron cluster anions, containing the BÀ X exo-polyhedral bonds (X = N, O, S, Hal), is poorly studied, and for some of them, such as cadmium(II), is absent altogether. [17] Tris-chelate nickel(II) [NiL 3 ][2-B 10 H 9 (OH)] (L = 2,2'-bipyridyl (bipy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), 2,2'-bipyridylamine (bpa), and 1,2-diaminobenzene (dab)), [18] [Ni(bipy) 3 ][B 12 H 11 Cl] [19] and cobalt(II) [Co(phen) 3 ][2-B 10 H 9 (OC(H)O)] [20] complexes, binuclear [Cu 2 (bipy) 4 (μ-CO 3 )][2-B 10 H 9 (OH)] [21] and mononuclear [Cu-(bpa) 2 (CH 3 CN) 2 ][2-B 10 H 9 (bpa)] 2 , [22,23] [Cu(1,2-bis(4pyridyl)acetylene)][B 12 H 11 I] [16] copper(II) complexes containing the boron cluster anion as a counterion are described in the literature.…”