Two coordination polymers of Mn(II) with the ligand pyrazine-2,3,5,o-tetracarboxylic acid (H 4pztc) have been prepared. The reaction of MnSO 4 with H 4pztc (ratio 1:1) carried out at 50 °C gave a zig-zag polymer structure with the ligand coordinated in a pseudo bis(tridentate) fashion ( 1) (crystal data: C 8H 10N 2O 12Mn, tetragonal, space group I4 1/ a, a = b = 13.934(1), c = 13.578(1) Å, Z = 8, 1670 reflections with I>3σ( I), R = 0.029). The reaction of an excess of MnSO 4 with H 4pztc (ratio 3:1) at room temperature gave the salt [Mn(H 2O) 6][H 2pztc] ( 2) (crystal data: C 8H 14N 2O 14Mn, monoclinic, space group A2/ n, a = 6.83(1), b = 9.918(1), c = 22.051(2) Å, β = 102.91(2)°, Z = 4, 1547 reflections with I>3σ( I), R = 0.026). The anion possesses a strong intramolecular H bond and is found coordinated to the Mn atom in polymer 1. The reaction of MnSO 4 with H 4pztc (ratio 1:1) carried out at 50 °C in the presence of the equimolar buffer CH 3COOK/CH 3COOH, gave a column type polymer with the ligand coordinated in a mono(tridentate)-bis(monodentate) fashion ( 3) (crystal data: C 8H 7N 2O 11.25K 2Mn, monoclinic, space group I2/ a, a = 18.207(2), b = 8.335(1), c = 19.185(3) Å, β = 103.66(1)°, Z = 8, 1539 reflections with I>2σ( I), R = 0.041). The reaction of H 4pztc with ZnCl 2 (ratio 1:1) in the presence of the same equimolar buffer solution lead to the formation of the isomorphous polymer Zn- 3 (crystal data: C 8H 7N 2O 11.25K 2Zn, monoclinic, space group I2/ a, a = 18.194(1), b = 8.264(1), c = 18.924(1) Å, β = 103.92(1)°, Z = 8, 2567 reflections with I>3σ( I), R = 0.031).