Syntheses, characterization, and magnetic properties of three nonanuclear coordination compounds with the molecular formulae [Ni 9 (bta) 12 (NO 3 ) 6 (MeOH) 6 ]·4THF (1) (btaH = 1,2,3-benzotriazole; THF = tetrahydrofuran), [Co 9 (bta) 12 (MeOH) 18 ]-[(NO 3 ) 6 ]·9C 6 H 6 (C 6 H 6 = benzene) (2), and [Zn 9 (Me 2 bta) 12 -(CH 3 COO) 6 ]·3DMF (Me 2 btaH = 5,6-dimethyl-1,2,3-benzotriazole; DMF = N,NЈ-dimethylformamide) (3) are presented. The solid-state structures of all the compounds were determined by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis revealing the presence of structurally similar {M 9 L 12 } 6+ cores (M = Ni II , Co II , or Zn II ; L = 1,2,3-benzotriazolate) in which the metal centers are bridged by µ 3 -benzotriazolates. The charges of the cationic {M 9 L 12 } 6+ moieties in 1 and 3 are balanced by six nitrate and acetate anions coordinated to the peripheral metal atoms, respectively, whereas 2 is a cationic metal complex with six noncoordinated nitrate counterions in the crystal lattice. All the metal centers in each compound are hexa-