Syntheses, properties, and reactions of hydroxido-or oxido-bridged dinuclear ruthenium complexes bearing a tridentate auxiliary ligand, ethylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (ebpma) or benzylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (bbpma), have been investigated. Reduction reactions of a singly oxidob r i d g e d d i r u t h e n i u m c o m p l e x b e a r i n g e b p m a , [{Ru III,IV Cl 2 (ebpma)} 2 (μ-O)] + ([2 Cl ] + ), by zinc in acetonitrile afforded an acetonitrile-substituted singly oxido-bridged complex in the Ru III −Ru III isovalent state, [{Ru III,III Cl(NCCH 3 )(ebpma)} 2 (μ-O)] 2+ ([2 CH 3 CN ] 2+ ). Chlorido ligand abstraction reactions using silver salts have also been attempted. Through a reaction of [2 Cl ] + with two equimolar amounts of AgNO 3 in water−acetone, a singly oxido-bridged complex having an aqua and a hydroxido, [{Ru III Cl(OH 2 )(ebpma)}(μ-O){Ru IV Cl-(OH)(ebpma)}] 2+ ([2 H 2 O-OH ] 2+ ), was obtained. Reactions with four equimolar amounts of AgL (L = CH 3 COO − or NO 3 − ) in water−acetone gave doubly oxido-and bidentate oxygen donor ligand-bridged diruthenium complexes of Ru(III)−Ru(IV), [{Ru III,IV (ebpma)} 2 (μ-O) 2 (μ-L)] 2+ ([3 L ] 2+ ; L = O 2 CCH 3 ; [3 CH 3 COO ] 2+ , L = O 2 NO; [3 NO 3 ] 2+ ). Reactions of [3 L ] 2+ under acidic conditions afforded a corresponding one-protonated species having the {Ru 2 (μ-O)(μ-OH)} core. Reactivity and electronic structure of the oxido-bridged diruthenium complexes were studied by electrochemical, spectroscopic, and theoretical methods.