Abstract. Reactions of K3-pytza [K3-pytza = 5-(3-pyridyl) tetrazole-2-acetato potassium salt] with MnCl 2 ·4H 2 O and 4,4Ј-bipy or mixed ligands with 4,4Ј-bipy (4,4Јbipy = 4,4Ј-bipyridine), produced two new coordination compounds, [Mn(3-pytza) 2 (H 2 O) 2 ]·2H 2 O (1) and [Mn(3-pytza) 2 (4,4Ј-bipy)] (2). The two compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray dif-