Department of Chemistry, Patna University, Patna-800 005 L. N. Mithila University, Darbhanga-846 004 Manuscript received 18 July 1996, revised 25 November 1997, accepted 30 April 1998 Complexes of trithiocarbodiglycolic acid (LH2) with bivalent metal ions of the formulae [ML(H2O)2] (M = Coll, Nill, Mn or CdII} and [CuL(H2O)] have been prepared and characterised by magnetic moment, it and electronic spectral data.