“…In the first approach, the transmetallation method (Scheme 13) was successfully employed for preparing several complexes like (729−732), [230] (733−734), [231] (735), [194] (740), [203] (741), [211] (742) [232] and (743−754) [233] In the second approach, the direct method (Scheme 14) yielded the following complexes (736−737), [194] (756), [234] (757−760), [235] (761) [236] and (768−769) [217] from the reactions of the free or the in situ generated NHC ligands with the Ni(II) precursors namely, Ni(OAc) 2 , (DME)NiX 2 , (X = Cl, Br) NiBr 2 and NiCl 2 (PMe 3 ) 2 .…”