“…Reaction schemes involving di-2-pyridyl ketone oxime, dpkoxH ( Figure 1 ), and various Co carboxylate sources led [ 16 ] to the first mixed-valence Co(II,III), inverse 12-metallacrown-4 complexes, namely, [Co 2 II Co 2 III (OR) 2 (O 2 CR′) 2 (dpkox) 4 S 2 ]X 2 (R = H, CH 3 ; R ′ = CH 3 , C 6 H 5 , (CH 3 ) 3 ; S = solvent; X = ClO 4 , PF 6 ). The use of phenyl 2-pyridyl ketone oxime, phpkoxH ( Figure 1 ), methyl 2-pyridyl ketone oxime, MepaoH ( Figure 1 ), and 2-pyridinealdoxime, paoH ( Figure 1 ) in Co carboxylate chemistry yielded [ 17 ] the trinuclear, mixed-valence, carboxylate-free Co(II,III) complexes [Co 3 (phpkox) 6 ](PF 6 ) 2 , [Co 3 (Mepao) 6 ](ClO 4 ) 2 , and [Co 3 (pao) 6 ](ClO 4 ) 2 . The core of these complexes has an open-topology comprising one Co II center and two Co III ions.…”