The synthesis of new magnetic clusters with unprecedented spin topologies is a central topic in the field of molecular magnetism. Among different strategies that have been developed, serendipitous assembly [1] and rational design [2] represent opposite limiting approaches. The rational construction of heptanuclear clusters with high-spin ground states has been reported starting from hexacyanometalates [M(CN) 6 ] 3À (M ¼ Cr, Fe) and mononuclear complexes bearing a capping ligand. [2] The use of robust, preformed clusters as central cores represents an even more appealing approach, which we are currently pursuing. In particular, we are focusing on metallasiloxane cages such as [Cu 6 {(PhSiO 2 ) 6 } 2 L 6 ] [3] (where L ¼ monodentate ligand). The [Cu 6 {(PhSiO 2 ) 6 } 2 ] skeleton features a layer of six coplanar metal ions, sandwiched between two [(PhSiO 2 ) 6 ] 6À ligands. Similar architectures containing other first-row divalent metal ions and encapsulating a chloride ion are known. [3a, 4] The twelve six-membered chelate rings in the [Cu 6 {(PhSiO 2 ) 6 } 2 ] structure convey a remarkable inertness and thermodynamic stability to the cluster core. In contrast, the monodentate ligands which surround the Cu 6 cage are labile and can be easily replaced in solution by open-shell units bearing suitable bridging groups. In principle, this allows a fully controlled organization of a second shell of magnetic centers around the Cu 6 unit, Figure 1.Herein we report the successful expansion of the hexacopper(ii) cage 1 through the addition of four [Cu(tmpa)CN] þ (tmpa ¼ tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine) [5, 6] units from 3 to give a decacopper(ii) cluster 2. ½Cu 6 fðPhSiO 2 Þ 6 g 2 ðnBuOHÞ 6Àx ðH 2 OÞ x 1 ½CuðtmpaÞCNPF 6 3 ½Cu 6 fðPhSiO 2 Þ 6 g 2 fNCCuðtmpaÞg 4 ðPF 6 Þ 4 2 Compound 2 was synthesized by reaction of 1 [3b] with the copper cyanide complex 3 [5a] in a methanol±chloroform solvent mixture (see Experimental Section).The composition of the crystalline compound, 2¥2 CHCl 3 ¥ 2.75 MeOH¥0.25 H 2 O, was established by elemental analysis and a low-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction investigation. The molecular structure of the cation of 2 has idealized D 2 point-group symmetry (Figures 2 and 3). The metal topology comprises an hexagonal, almost planar Cu 6 array (within AE 0.0108(6) ä), plus four peripheral Cu(tmpa) units linked to the central core through cyanide bridges. Formation of the cyanide bridge induces only minor structural changes in the [Cu(tmpa)CN] þ unit, the bond lengths of which are equal to within 3s of those in 3. On the other hand, the trigonal-bipyramidal (TB) coordination geometry of the copper(ii) ion of 2 is slightly more distorted, with t values [7] in the range 0.843(7)±0.902 (7), compared with 0.943(3) in 3.[5a] The arrangement of the bulky Cu(tmpa) units around the Cu 6 core of 2 results in significant departures from linearity in the Cu-N-C-Cu(tmpa) moieties, which have a cisoid conformation with N-C-Cu(tmpa) and Cu-N-C angles in the range 168.8(7)±