A singular feature of the catalytic C-cluster of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase is a sulfide-bridged Ni⋯Fe locus where substrate is bound and transformed in the reversible reaction CO + H2O ⇌ CO2 + 2H+ + 2e−. A similar structure has been sought in this work. Mononuclear planar NiII complexes [Ni(pyN2Me2)L]1− (pyN2Me2 = bis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2,6-pyridinedicarboxamidate(2-)) derived from a NNN pincer ligand have been prepared including L = OH− (1) and CN− (7). Complex 1 reacts with ethyl formate and CO2 to form unidentate L = HCO2− (5) and HCO3− (6) products. A binucleating macrocycle was prepared which specifically binds NiII at a NNN pincer site and five-coordinate FeII at a triamine site. The NiII macrocyle forms hydroxo (14) and cyanide complexes (15) analogous to 1 and 7. Reaction of 14 with FeCl2 alone and with ethyl formate and 15 with FeCl2 affords molecules with the NiII-L-FeII bridge unit in which L = µ2:η1-OH− (17) and µ2:η2-HCO2− (18) and -CN− (19). All bridges are non-linear (17, 140.0°; 18, M-O-C 135.9° (Ni), 120.2° (Fe); 19, Ni-C-N 170.3°, Fe-N-C 141.8°) with Ni⋯Fe separations of 3.7–4.8 Å. The NiIIFeII complexes, lacking appropriate Ni-Fe-S cluster structures, are not site analogues but their synthesis and reactivity provide the first demonstration that molecular NiII…FeII sites and bridges can be attained, a necessity in the biomimetic chemistry of C-clusters.