A new series of N-phthaloylglycineate (N-phthgly) ternary complexes of cobalt(II) and nickel(II) with imidazole (imi), N-methylimidazole (mimi) and 2,2¢-bipyridyl (bipy) have been synthesized and characterized by elementary analyses, IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis. X-ray crystal structure analyses of the three complexes of [Co(mimi) 2 (N-phthgly) 2 ] (1), [Co(bipy)(OH 2 ) 4 ](N-phthgly) 2 (2) and [Ni(imi) 2 (N-phthgly) 2 (OHCH 3 ) 2 ] (3) were also carried out. In complex (1), the Co(II) exists in a distorted tetrahedral enviroment, where two nitrogen atoms of two methylimidazole molecules and two oxygen atoms of the carboxylate group of two N-phthaloylglycinate molecules are coordinated. On the other hand, in complex (2) the cobalt atom coordinates a 2,2¢-bipyridine molecule and four water oxygen atoms forming a distorted octahedral conformation. A molecule of N-phthaloylglycinate is connected by van der waals contact and H-bonds. For complex (3), the nickel atom is surrounded by four oxygens (two oxygens of two different N-phthaloylglycinate molecules and two of methanol ligand) in the basal plane of octahedron along with two imidazole nitrogen atoms at the apical positions. Strong intramolecular H-bond exists between the uncoordinated carboxylic oxygen of the N-phthaloylglycinate ligand and the O-H of the methanol group.