[Ni₆(SCH₂CH₂OH)₁₂]: A Double Crown [12]Metallacrown-6 Nickel(II) Cluster^†

In the Communication “[Ni₆(SCH₂CH₂OH)₁₂]: A Double Crown [12]Metallacrown-6 Nickel(II) Cluster” by F.–F. Jian, K. Jiao, Y. Li, P.–S. Zhao, L.–D. Lu¹ the crystal structure of the main compound has already been reported: “Nickel and Palladium Complexes of 1-Hydroxyethane-2-thiol and Analogues. Part 1. Crystal Structure of Cyclohexakis[bis-(μ-1-hydroxyethane-2-thiolato)-nickel(II)]” R. O. Gould, M. M. Harding, J. Chem. Soc. (A) 1970, 875–881. The authors also missed several important references to related species, these include: “A New Type of Cyclic Transition Metal Complex, [Ni(SC₂H₅)₂]₆” P. Woodward, L. F. Dahl, E. W. Abel, B. C. Crosse, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1965, 87, 5251–5253; “The Structure of a Toroidal, Neutral, Homoleptic Ni(II) Complex with a Chelate Dithiolate Ligand, [Ni₆(SCH₂CH₂CH₂S)₆]” J. Sletten, J. A. Kovacs, Acta Chem. Scand. 1994, 48, 929–932; “Cyclo-[Ni(μ₂-SPh)₂]₉ and Cyclo-[Ni(μ₂-SPh)₂]₁₁: New Oligomeric Types of Toroidal Nickel(II) Thiolates Containing Geometrically Unprecedented 9- and 11-Membered Ring Systems" S. A. Ivanov, M. A. Kozee, W. Alex Merrill, S. Agarwal, L. F. Dahl “J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2002, 4105–4115. The authors apologize for these oversights.