Structures of mononuclear complexes obtained by bridge cleavage, ligand substitution, or deprotonation and selected metric data (Å; deg). [Ni(pdtc)Br]1− (8, imposed mirror symmetry): Ni-S 2.176(1), Ni-N 1.889(3), Ni-Br 2.311(6); N-Ni-S 88.94(2), S-Ni-Br 91.06(2). [Ni(pdtc)(Pri2NHCMe2)] (19, one of four independent molecules of nearly identical dimensions, Ni-S 2.170[8], Ni-N 1.897(2), Ni-C 1.879(3); 4 angles at Ni 89.00(8)-91.3(1). [Ni(pdtc)(OSiMe3)]1− (11): Ni-S 2.177[5], Ni-N 1.874(3), Ni-O 1.831(3); 4 angles at Ni 88.6(1)-92.0(1), Ni-O-Si 134.6(2). [Ni(pdtc)(CH2CN)]1− (16): Ni-S 2.170[5], Ni-N 1.901(2), Ni-C 1.952(2); 4 angles at Ni 88.51(6)-91.94(9), Ni-C-C 108.8(2).