Abstract
Seven new complexes of general formulae [VO(OC6H4X–CR=N–py)2] and [VO(OC10H8CH=N–py)2] have been prepared and characterised by microanalysis, room temperature magnetic moments, conductivity and spectroscopic measurements. Although the complexes are five-coordinate, at least two modes of bonding with the donor atoms are observed, and these depend on electronic effects of the substituents on the phenyl ring.