Taken together, these results suggest that the intuitive framework developed to rationalize the electronic structures of molecules and complexes likely still holds for nanoclusters, at least up to this size range. Attempts to extend this detailed framework to nanoclusters requires a merging of the delocalized superatomic model of the cluster core with the atomistic picture of bonding commonly invoked in molecular inorganic complexes. Such a framework will be invaluable to facilitate the deliberate engineering of optimized nanoclusters for various applications. Furthermore, the observation of explicit resonance effects extending from the cluster core superatomic orbitals to substituents on the periphery of the ligand shell suggests that the ligand-environment interface can be an active participant in energy and charge transfer processes between the cluster core and the environment.