Three new mixed ligand complexes [Mn(4-pytone) 2 (bipy) 2 ]bipy (1), [Mn(pot) 2 (en) 2 ] (2) and [Mn(4-mot) 2 -(en) 2 ] (3) (4-pytone = 5-(4-pyridyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thione, pot = 5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thione, 4-mot = 5-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thione) have been prepared containing bipy/en as coligands. The starting material potassium N-(aryl-carbonyl)-hydrazinecarbodithioates (RCO NHNHCSSK) underwent cyclization during complexation in the presence of bipy or en to give the corresponding 5-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiones. The complexes have been characterized by physicochemical techniques and single crystal X-ray structure determination. In all cases, the manganese has a six coordinate octahedral arrangement coordinated by 4N atoms of two bipy/en and two covalently bonded N atoms of the oxadiazole-2-thione anions.