The crystal structures of [CuJbdpdz) Br,]-2CH3CN 1, [Cu,(bdpdz)C13(H,0)]CI~3.5H,0 2 and [Cu,(bdpdz),] [CIO,], 3 were determined by X-ray analysis, where bdpdz represents the binucleating ligand 3,6-bis(di-2-pyridylmethyl) pyridazine, formed by the reaction of 3.6-dichloropyridazine and di-2pyridylmethyllithium. Compounds 1 and 2 consist of discrete binuclear units, in which copper atoms are linked by the diazine bridge and two halide ions. The pyridazine acts as a hexadentate ligand. In complex 2 the two copper(ii) ions have a distorted octahedral co-ordination geometry, 4 + 2. Compound 3 also consists of discrete binuclear units, in which the copper centres are linked by two organic ligands. Here bdpdz acts as a pentadentate ligand, with one of the diazine nitrogen atoms not bonded. The two copper(i1) ions have a square pyramidal co-ordination geometry, 4 + 1. The magnetic susceptibility was investigated in the temperature range 300-5 K. These measurements reveal an antiferromagnetic interaction for all three compounds (-W = 98.1 for 1, 79.6 for 2 and 6.4 cm-' for 3). The lack of a diazine bridge, N-N, for the perchlorate salt 3 substantially reduces the antiferromagnetic interaction. 61 9( 17) Results Structural Description of [Cu2(bdpdz)Br,]-2CH3CN 1 .-* Supplementary data available (No. SUP 56923,4 pp.): phase diagram.