[N,N'-Bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine](isothiocyanato)oxovanadium(V)

The title compound, [VO(salen)(NCS)], was prepared by the reaction of [VO(salen)]NO₃ with KSCN. The structure was determined in order to observe the coordination of an isothiocyanate ion trans to an oxo O atom. There are two independent complex molecules in the crystal and they have similar distorted octahedral coordination geometries, with V-NCS distances of 2.218(6) and 2.300(5)Å.

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