The crystal and molecular structure of lignocaine hydrochloride-manganese chloride complex, MnCl4C28H44O2N4, is reported. The sample crystallizes in the space group P 2(1)/c with a = 9.210(2) Angstrom, b = 19.489(4) Angstrom, c = 19.646(4) Angstrom, beta = 95.64(3)degrees, V = 3509.26(1) Angstrom(3), Z = 4. The structure was solved by SHELXS-86 using 2619 reflections with I > 3 sigma(I) and refined to an R value of 0.067. The complex has a stoichiometry of 1:2. The ligands and the metal group are not stacked independently.