New mixed-ligand complexes, [M 2 (BAMP)(bipy) 2 ][MCl 4 ] 2 , M¼Co þ2 (1), Cu þ2 (2), [M 2 (TAMEN)(bipy) 2 ][MCl 4 ] 2 , M¼Fe þ2 (3), Co 2þ (4), and [Fe 2 (TAMEN)(bipy) 2 ][FeCl 6 ] 2 (5), where BAMP and TAMEN stand for the Mannich bases N,N 0 -bis(antipyryl-4-methylene)-piperazine and N,N 0 -tetra(antipyryl-4-methylene)-1,2-ethane-diamine, respectively, have been obtained and characterized by elemental analyses, conductometric and magnetic susceptibility measurements at room temperature, mass spectrometry, UV-Vis, infrared, and mass spectroscopy, and 1 H NMR spectra for the ligands.