For a long time tetradentate Schiff base complexes of transition metal ions have attracted many researchers interest in the field of coordination chemistry.1-5 Co(III) complexes of Schiff base are an important class of coordination compound not only because of them being interesting B 12 models and oxygen carriers but also due to their interesting magnetic properties, spectroscopic characteristics and the interaction of metal-to-ligand bonds.
4-9Many studies initially focus on simple Schiff base ligand such as salophen, salen and acacen (n = 2) Scheme 1 1,4,5,10,11 but interest quickly shift to more intricate species which have extra functional groups, side chains and more methylene groups in the amine backbone.12-15 A number of structural studies on the effect of the number of CH 2 groups between the two imine moieties in VO