“…The chelate coordination of hp − is accomplished in a mononuclear nickel complex with a N 3 -macrocycle [28]. Interestingly, the 1,3-bridging coordination of hp − or its derivatives has not been adopted by manganese or nickel complexes, although complexes of some other 3d metals-copper or chromium-include this type of bonding (2)(3)(4)7).In contrast to hp − anions-stabilizing high-nuclearity metal cages-are the Hph, Hchp, or Hmhp complexes, mostly mono-or di-nuclear species, if no additional bridging ligands are included. The first Hhp complexes with metal(II) (Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd) perchlorates, tetrafluoroborates and nitrates were characterized by means of spectroscopy, elemental analyses, magnetic measurements and X-ray powder-diffraction analyses in the early 1970s [29,30].…”