Eight mononuclear nickel(II) complexes of the ligands 4-amino-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole (adpt) and 4-pyrrolyl-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole (pldpt) with the anions ClO 4 , BF 4 , PF 6 and SbF 6 have been prepared. In all cases the metal/ligand ratio is 1:3, and the complexes are of the form [NiL 3 ](A) 2 ·solvents where L = adpt or pldpt and A = one of the aforementioned anions. Five of these complexes have been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography: four of these contain pldpt and strong anion-π interactions are observed, with two motifs present in all four structures. One of the anions occupies a "π-pocket" formed by two coor-