The antimony(Ill) trihalides, SbX 3 (X = CI, Br and I), react with the title ligands to give the compounds SbX3L, where L = benzoyl-and monochlorobenzoylhydrazones of 2-furaldehyde (FBHH and FCIBHH), 2-pyrrolaldehyde (PBHH and PCIBHH) and 2-thiophenaldehyde (TBHH and TCIBHH). The characterization of the new species was based on their elemental analyses, spectral data (IR and UV-Vis) and thermal studies. The ligands appear to offer two coordination sites (the carbonyl and azomethine groups) and perhaps a third one (the heteroatom of the heterocyclic ring). The thermal decompositions of the studied complexes proceed via one or three stages, the number of stages depending on the nature of both the hydrazones and the halogens. The structures proposed for the investigated complexes are either pseudo-or distorted octahedral.Our project concerning the complexes of monohalogenobenzoylhydrazones started several years ago. In the course of this work we have prepared and studied the Sn(lI) [1] and Ni(lI) [2] complexes, as well as those of the liB subgroup metals [3]. After these first attempts, our interest focused on the synthesis of Ti(IV) complexes, and a distorted octahedral structure was accepted around the titanium atom [4]. In order to test the coordination ability of the monohalogenobenzoylhydrazones towards metals from other parts of the periodic Table, we tried reactions with Pt(II), Pd(II), Rh(lll) and Sb(lII). The former metals gave several interesting compounds; their synthesis and structural study have recently been published [5]. The crystal structure and spectroscopic study of one of the latter complexes have already been reported [6], while the study of another one is still in progress [7].In the present paper we almost complete our investigation on Sb(IIl) complexes by reporting the preparation of some new ones. The IR and UV-Vis spectra of all