POLYHEDRON, vol.69, pp.90-102, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Two new mono oxidovanadium(V) complexes, [VOL1(OEt)] (1) and [VOL2(OMe)] (2), of the tridentate Schiff base hydrazone-type O,N,O-donor ligands H2L1 and H2L2, obtained by monocondensation of 3-hydroxy-2-naphthohydrazide with 5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde and benzoylacetone, respectively, have been synthesized starting from VO(acac)(2) [H2L1 = (E)-N'-(5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-3-hydroxy-2-naphthohydrazide; H2L2 = (E)-3-hydroxy-N'-((Z)-4-hydroxy-4-phenylbut-3-en-2-ylidene)-2-naphthohydrazide]. Single-crystal X-ray structure analysis revealed for both complexes a slightly distorted square-based pyramidal NO4 coordination environment around the metal centre, with the aroylhydrazone Schiff bases acting as O,N,O-tridentate, dinegative ligands. The complexes were also characterized by spectroscopic methods in the solid state (IR) and in solution (UV-Vis, H-1 NMR) and by cyclic voltammetric experiments in DMSO, and their properties were interpreted by means of DFT theoretical calculations.