IntroductionWe recently reported on a number of metal pyrazolate coinplexes containing copper or zinc ( 1-6). Particular emphasis was placed on studies of the magnetic properties of copper(I1) oligometallic and polymeric systems (1,(4)(5)(6), studies in which it was demonstrated that pyrazolate and substituted pyrazolate ligands are efficient mediators of antiferromagnetic exchange between copper centres.As part of our investigations of binary metal pyrazolates, generally, we have synthesized a number of polymeric cobalt(I1) pyrazolates (7). In the course of this work, two 3,5-dimethylpyrazolate-bridged complexes, the dimeric [Co(drnp~)~(Hdmpz)]~ and the trimetallic [Co(dmpz),Cl-(Hdmpz)],Co, were isolated in crystalline form suitable for single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The structures and magnetic properties of these complexes, together with some studies on a dimeric-oligometallic material with the empirical formula C~( d m p z )~. 0.344(Hdmpz), form the basis of this communication. These materials provide important in-