Three new oxo-centered trinuclear complexes, one of them a mixed--valence complex [Mn 3 O(C 7 H 4 O 2 Cl) 6 (Py) 3 ]Py (1) and the others, mixed-metal complexes of [Fe 2 MnO(C 7 H 4 O 2 Cl) 6 (Py) 3 ]NO 3 (2) and [Fe 2 CoO(C 7 H 4 O 2 Cl) 6 (Py) 3 ] (3) were synthesized by the direct reaction between metal nitrates and p-chlorobenzoic acid. These complexes were characterized by elemental analyses (CHN), atomic absorption spectroscopy and spectral (IR, electronic) studies. These are new type of oxo-bridged mixed-metal complexes in which the carboxylate ligand is p-chlorobenzoic acid. The UV spectra of the complexes exhibited a strong band in the region 42,500 cm -1 which is related to the (π → → π*) transitions of the pyridine ligand. The IR spectra of these compounds showed two strong stretching vibrations bands, indicating a bridging coordination mode of the carboxylic group of the ligand in the complexes.