The work in this paper presents the syntheses, characterization, crystal structures and magnetic properties of bis(end-on azide) bridged dicopper(II) complexes [(CuL1)-L-II(mu(1.1)-N-3)] (1), [(CuL2)-L-II(mu(1.1)-N-3)] (2) and [(CuL3)-L-II(mu(1.1)-N-3)]center dot MeOH (3), where HL1, HL2 and HL3 are half-condensed ligands produced from, respectively, 3-ethoxysalicylaldehyde and ethylenediamine, salicylaldehyde and trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, and 3-methoxysalicylaldehyde and trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane. While compound 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system and P2(1)/c space group, the crystal system and space group for 2 and 3 are triclinic and P (1) over bar. There are two independent units, Unit-I and Unit-II, in 3. Each metal center in 1-3 is pentacoordinated and adopts a distorted square pyramidal coordination geometry. Each of the two bridging azide nitrogen atoms occupies an equatorial position of one copper(II) center, but the axial position of the second metal center. The Cu-N-3-Cu bridge angle in 1,2 and Unit-II of 3 lie in the range 87.8-90.8 degrees, while Unit-I in 3 displays a Cu-N-3-Cu angle of 84.3 degrees, which is the smallest bridge angle observed so far in end-on azide bridged dicopper(II) systems. Variable-temperature (2-300 K) magnetic studies reveal weak antiferromagnetic interactions in 1-3 with J values (H = -JS(1)S(2)) of -10.16, -4.18 and -1.43 cm(-1), respectively. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.