“…In particular, a new approach to the synthesis of air-stable cobalt(I) complexes used a macrobicyclic hexachloride ligand with six strongly electron-withdrawing substituents in chelate π-conjugated α-dioximate fragments . Di- and triribbed-functionalized macrobicyclic iron and ruthenium(II) mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, and hexa-substituted tris-dioximates have previously been obtained starting from their reactive tri- and hexachloride clathrochelate precursors. ,– Monoribbed-functionalized (i.e., containing one or two functionalizing substituents in one of the three dioximate fragments) iron(II) clathrochelates have also been synthesized starting from the corresponding mono- and dichloride precursors. – The synthesis of ribbed-functionalized clathrochelates with substituents, which are able to coordinate a metal ion to produce polynuclear complexes with interaction through the clathrochelate framework metal centers, is of particular interest . We have attempted to obtain a series of macrobicyclic monoribbed-functionalized iron(II) tris-dioximates with a ribbed vic -dinitrile fragment, in particular, in the present study, to synthesize complex 2 , as a precursor of the monoribbed-functionalized hybrid phthalocyaninoclathrochelates, under different reaction conditions.…”