Neutral Cu4N12 and Ag4N12 metallacycles with a para-cyclophane framework assembled from copper(I) and silver(I) pyrazolates and pyridazine

Trinuclear copper(I) and silver(I) pyrazolates {[3,5-(CF3)2Pz]M}3(M = Cu and Ag) react with pyridazine to give neutral, tetranuclear metallacycles with a para-cyclophane core whereas benzo[c]cinnoline fails to break the cyclic pyrazolate trimers under similar conditions, and affords a metalla-propellane featuring both two- and three-coordinate metal sites.