[VO(C26H34N2O2)] was synthesized in order to study its reactivity in t
he oxygen-transfer catalysis of alkyl hydroperoxides to a wide array o
f substituted olefins, The geometry about the V center is nearly squar
e pyramidal, with an axial oxo ligand and a four-coordinate substitute
d Schiff base ligand. The axial V-O bond distance of 1.592(3) Angstrom
is indicative of double-bond character.