N,N'-Ethylenebis(3-tert-butyl-5-methylsalicylideneaminato)]oxovanadium(IV)

Abstract

[VO(C26H34N2O2)] was synthesized in order to study its reactivity in the oxygen-transfer catalysis of alkyl­hydroperoxides to a wide array of substituted olefins. The geometry about the v center is nearly square pyramidal with an axial oxo ligand and a four-coordinate substituted Schiff base ligand. The axial V–O bond distance of 1.592 (3) Å is indicative of double-bond character.