Reaction of dibromosalicylic aldehyde and 2,6-diisopropylaniline, followed by sodium borohydride, and 2-chloromethylpyridine hydrochloride/triethylamine, and then with VO(OiPr)3 led to VO(L)(LH) (where L = 2,6-iPr2C6H3N=CH-2-(O)-C6H2Br2-3,5) (1) as the major product, together...
Shibata et al. (2026) studied this question.