{2,2'-[Ethyl-enebis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato-κO,N,N',O'}oxido-vanadium(IV).

The title compound, [V(C(16)H(14)N(2)O(2))O], was synthesized by the reaction of vanadyl(IV) sulfate and N,N'-bis-(salicyl-idene)ethyl-enediamine under hydro-thermal conditions. The asymmetric unit contains two mol-ecules. Each V(IV) atom is coordinated in a square-pyramidal geometry by two N atoms and two O atoms from a ligand in the basal plane and by an oxide O atom in the apical position. Weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds lead to a three-dimensional supra-molecular structure.