Abstract Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Novel ion-paired alkali metal complexes Na1–Na4 and K1, supported by hexadentate amino-bisphenolate ligands incorporating two pendant heterocyclic rings, were synthesized. In the solid state, the multidentate ligand in Na1 and Na4 coordinates to the metal center in a pentadentate fashion, leaving one heterocyclic ring uncoordinated; in solution, however, these complexes adopt symmetric and fluxional structures.