The tetranuclear nickel(II) complexes [(LNiII2)2(acetylenedicarboxylate)][BPh4]2 (2[BPh4]2), [(LNiII2)2(terephthalate)][BPh4]2 (3[BPh4]2), and [(LNiII2)2(isophthalate)][BPh4]2(4[BPh4]2), where L2– represents a macrocyclic hexaaza‐dithiophenolate ligand, have been synthesized and characterised by UV/Vis spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, X‐ray crystallography, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Each dicarboxylate dianion acts as a quadridentate bridging ligand linking two bioctahedral LNi2 units via μ1,3‐bridging carboxylate functions to generate discrete [(LNiII2)2(dicarboxylate)]2+ dications with a central LNi2(O2C–R–CO2)Ni2L core. The structures differ mainly in the distance between the center of the Ni···Ni axes of the isostructural LNi2 units (8.841(1) Å in 2[BPh4]2, 10.712(1) in 3[BPh4]2, and 9.561(1) in 4[BPh4]2) and the tilting angle between the two Ni2O2 planes (86.3° in 2[BPh4]2, 58.2° in 3[BPh4]2, 20.9° in 4[BPh4]2). Magnetic susceptibility measurements on the complexes over the range 2.0–295 K reveal the presence of weak ferromagnetic exchange interactions between the NiII ions within the dinuclear subunits with values for the magnetic exchange constant J1 of 23.1(5), 18.1(5), and 14.2(5) cm–1 for 2[BPh4]2, 3[BPh4]2, and 4[BPh4]2, respectively (H = –2JS1S2). The magnitude of the exchange interaction J2 across the dicarboxylate bridges is in all cases less than 0.1 cm–1, suggesting that no significant interdimer exchange coupling occurs in 2[BPh4]2–4[BPh4]2. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)