Two new soluble vic-dioxime ligands, 4-isopropylanilineglyoxime (L 1H2) and 4-benzylpiperidineglyoxime (L2H 2) were prepared by reacting 4-isopropylaniline and 4-benzylpiperidine with anti-chloroglyoxime. Ten metal complexes were obtanied by reacting both ligands with Cu(II),Ni(II),Co(II), Zn(II), and Cd(II) cations. The ligands and their metal complexes were elucidated by elemental analysis, IR, UV-vis, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR and also magnetic moments of the complexes were determined. © 2007 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.