Four novel ditopic ligands that have a pyrazole ring in their central unit and are useful for the generation of coordination polymers have been synthesized. Two of these ditopic ligands present two carboxylate functions as coordinating groups, while the other two are hybrid ligands having only one carboxylate function and either tetrazolate or imidazole as the remaining coordination site. The ligands have been obtained through a multi-step reaction sequence that begins with the Claisen condensation of either 4-acetylbenzonitrile or 4-(1 H -imidazol-1-yl)acetophenone with diethyl oxalate and has the Knorr pyrazole ring closure as its key step. Subsequently, the tetrazolate in one of the ligands is constructed through a 3 + 2 cycloaddition of azide anion to the cyano group, while hydrolysis of the ester and the cyano substituents generates the carboxylate function(s). The structure of the intermediates and of the target ligands has been investigated by solution NMR, special attention being given to keto–enol and pyrazole tautomerism when present. The structure of two ligands and a key intermediate has also been established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.