Tripodal ligands and macrocyclic ligands have been known to stabilize less common oxidation states e.g. Ni (III) and Pd (III) have been stabilized in complexes containing macrocyclic ligands. Both macrocyclic and tripodal ligands are known to mimic biologically active molecules, in that, they provide a strained geometry for the metal ions mimicking the entatic state. In the present study a mixed donor macrocycle containing aza and oxa donor ligands has been successfully synthesized. Ni(II) and Pd(II) complexes of this ligand have been synthesized and characterized by IR, UV-visible spectroscopy, elemental analysis and electrospray mass spectroscopy. Both complexes have been shown to have syn conformation showing interaction of metal ions with the axial ligands as opposed to the normal anti conformation found in many of these complexes. The Ni(II) complex of a pendant arm macrocycle has been synthesized and characterized and the results will be presented.