Four Cu(II) complexes, the one-dimensional [Cu(HL 1 ) 2 (CuCl 4 )] n (1), {[Cu 2 (L 1 ) 2 (N(CN) 2 )(CH 3 OH)](ClO 4 )} n (2), dinuclear [Cu 2 (L 2 ) 2 Cl 2 ] (3), and two-dimensional layered [Cu 2 (L 2 ) 2 (N(CN) 2 ) 2 ] n (4) were synthesized by Cu(II) salts (CuCl 2 •2H 2 O or Cu(ClO 4 ) 2 •6H 2 O), alkanol bidentate ligands trans-2-(1-pyrazolyl)cyclohexanol (HL 1 ) or3,5-dimethyl-N-hydroxyethyl-pyrazolyl (HL 2 ) together with sodium dicyanamide. For complex 1, the bridging chlorine atoms of the tetrahedral [CuCl 4 ] 2− moieties are located at the Jahn-Teller axis of the elongated octahedral Cu(II), forming an alternate elongated-octahedral-tetrahedral Cu(II) chain complex.For complexes 2, 3 and 4, the alkyl oxygen atoms of the deprotonated ligands HL 1 and HL 2 bridge two Cu(II) ions, yielding a dinuclear Cu(II) unit [Cu 2 (L x ) 2 ] 2+ (x = 1, 2), and one-or two-dimensional complexes via bridging dicyanamide ligands. Complex 1 shows weak ferromagnetic coupling, whilst complexes 2-4 display strong antiferromagnetic coupling or are even nearly diamagnetic due to the large Cu-O-Cu bond angles.