Syntheses of alkali metal adducts [LVO
2M(H
2O)
n] (
1-
7) (M = Na
+, K
+, Rb
+, and Cs
+; L = L
1-L
3) of anionic
cis-dioxovanadium(V) species (LVO
2-) of tridentate dithiocarbazate-based Schiff base ligands H
2L (
S-methyl-3-((5-(
R-2-hydroxyphenyl))methyl)dithiocarbazate, R = H, L = L
1; R = NO
2, L = L
2; R = Br, L = L
3) have beenreported. The LVO
2- moieties here behave like an analogue of carboxylate group and have displayed interestingvariations in their binding pattern with the change in size of the alkali metal ions as revealed in the solid state fromthe X-ray crystallographic analysis of
1,
3,
6, and
7. The compounds have extended chain structures, forming ionchannels, and are stabilized by strong Coulombic and hydrogen-bonded interactions. The number of coordinatedwater molecules in [LVO
2M(H
2O)
n] decreases as the charge density on the alkali metal ion decreases (
n = 3.5 forNa
+ and 1 for K
+ and Rb
+, while, for Cs
+, no coordinated water molecule is present). In solution, compounds
1-
7are stable in water and methanol, while in aprotic solvents of higher donor strengths, viz. CH
3CN, DMF and DMSO,they undergo photoinduced reduction when exposed to visible light, yielding green solutions from their initial yellowcolor. The putative product is a mixed-oxidation (
-oxo)divanadium(IV/V) species as revealed from EPR, electronicspectroscopy, dynamic
1H NMR, and redox studies.