Bis[N,N-di(2-pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl] pyrazole (H L1) and 3,5-bis[N,N-bis(2-diethylaminoethyl)aminomethyl] pyrazole (H L2) formed p-pyrazolato-p-carboxylato-dimanganese( 11) complexes [Mn,L(O,CR)][BPh,], (L = L1, R = Ph; 1; L = L2, R = M e 2) and 3,5-bis[N-(2-pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]pyrazole (HL3) gave a di(p-pyrazolato) -dimanganese(lr) complex [Mn,L3,] [BPh,], 3. The ditoluene adduct of 3 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P i with a = 14.452(3), b = 15.573(5), c = 10.988(4) A, a = 108.78(3), p = 93.31 (2) and y = 11 5.1 O(2)". X-Ray diffraction analysis revealed a di(p-pyrazolat0)-dimanganese(i1) core with M n M n separation 4.181 (2) A. Allthe complexes showed catalytic activity towards disproportionation of H202 in dimethylformamide at 0 "C. The initial rate of dioxygen evolution in the presence of 1 is first order in both the complex concentration and that of H,O,;Together with the observation of a ligand-to-metal charge-transfer band characteristic of MnlV=O in the catalysis by 2, a mechanistic scheme involving a cycle from {Mn"'(OH)), to {Mnl"(=O)}, is inferred. In the disproportionation by 3 the initial rate of evolution is first order in complex concentration and second order in that of H,O,; v = k[Mn,] [H2O2I2, k = 29 dm6 rnol-, sP).