The reactions of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (MepH) with Co(ClO 4) 2 •6H 2 O in the presence of acetic acid gave [Co 2 (Mep) 3 (OAc)(MepH)](ClO 4) 2 •MepH (1) and [Co III 4 Co II 2 (Mep) 8 (μ 3-OH) 2 (OAc) 4 ](ClO 4) 2 • 2EtOH•2H 2 O (2). They were characterized by elemental analysis, IR and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Compound 1 presents a dinuclear structure with its two Co atoms linked by two Mep − ligands and one acetate ligand. The two Co(II) and four Co(III) centers in 2 are held together by eight Mep − ligands, two μ 3-OH − ions and four acetate ligands to form a hexanuclear skeleton which contains a defected face-shared dicubane core. Their discrete polynuclear units are further linked into double-layered and mono-layered two-dimensional H-bonded framework, respectively.