Triethylamine reacts with aqueous zinc acetate and the product of its thermolysis in the presence of benzoic acid to yield the complexes [Zn-7(mu(4)-O)(mu-OOCMe)(10)][eta-OC(Me)OHNEt3](2) (1) and [Zn-2(mu OOCPh)(4)][eta-OC(Me)OHNEt3](2) (2), respectively. The reactions of 1 and 2 with 3,5-dimethylpyrazole at room temperature in benzene yield pyrazolate-bridged binuclear complexes Zn-2(mu dmpz)(2)(Hdmpz)(2)(OOCR)(2) (R = Me (3), Ph (4)). The structures of complexes 1-4 have been determined by X-ray crystallography.