Recebido em 19/02/01; aceito em 12/12/01 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF OXOVANADIUM (IV) DITHIOCARBAMATES WITH PYRIDINE We report the synthesis and study of a new series of oxovanadium (IV) dithiocarbamate adducts and derivatives with pyridine and cyclohexyl, di-iso-butyl, di-n-propyl, anilin, morpholin, piperidin and di-iso-propyl amines. The complexes have been characterized by analytical, magnetochemical, IR, visible-UV spectral and thermal studies, and are assigned the formulas [VO(L) 2 ].py, where L=cyclohexyl, di-iso-butyl, di-n-propyl, anilin dithiocarbamate and [VO(OH)(L)(py) 2 ]OH.H 2 O (L=morpholin, piperidin and diiso-propyl dithiocarbamate). The effect of the adduct formation on the p V=0 bound is discussed in terms of the IR (V=O, V-S and V-N stretching frequencies) and electronic spectra (d-d transitions).