“…[14], [15][16][17] inverse- [18,19], [20][21][22][23], [24], [25], [26], [24], [27] metallacrowns with Mn III , Fe III , Ni II , Cu II and V V O, metal ions, stacking metallacrowns [28][29][30] as well as a variety of dimers and fused metallacrowns [16,20,31,32] have been reported to date. Metallacrowns are typically prepared using hydroxamic acids and/or ketonoximic acids as constructing ligands (Scheme 1), while suitable organic molecules such as picoline-tetrazolylamides [33], diethyl ketipinate [30], 3-hydroxy-2pyridone [34] or 3-thione-1,2-dithione-4,5-dithiolato [35] have also been used. Salicylhydroxamic acid (H 3 shi) acts as a multifunctional ligand providing the nitrogen and oxygen donors to the metallacrown ring metals as shown in Scheme 1.…”