“…4 Although certain analogous acetylide complexes [M(CtCR) 6 ] n-(R ) H, Me, or Ph) have long been known, 5 they are reported as highly unstable and/or insoluble salts, ill-suited for use in subsequent bridge-forming reactions. Complexes of this type are known for M ) Cr III , 6 Mn III , 7 Fe II , 8 Fe III , 8 Co II , 9 and Co III , 10 with the only difference in stoichiometry, color, and magnetism from the hexacyano species corresponding to the existence of high-spin [Co(CCR) 6 ], 4-9 as opposed to low-spin [Co(CN) 4 ] 2and [Co(CN) 5 ] 3-. 11, 12 A similar parallel to cyanide chemistry occurs for the late transition metals, for which the complexes [M(CCR) 4 ] 2-(M ) Ni, Pd, Pt) are diamagnetic and presumably square planar, 13 the complexes [M(CCR) 2 ] -(M ) Cu, Ag, Au) are presumably linear, 14 and the complexes [M(CCR) 4 ] 2-(M ) Zn, Cd, Hg) are tetrahedral.…”