Novel oxovanadium and dioxomolybdenum complexes of tridentate ONO-donor Schiff base ligand: Synthesis, characterization, crystal structures, Hirshfeld surface analysis, DFT computational studies and catalytic activity for the selective oxidation of benzylic alcohols

Selective oxidation of benzylic alcohols with proposed mechanism. [Display omitted] •Synthesis of novel ONO tridentate Schiff base ligand and its oxovanadium and dioxomolybdenum complexes.•Characterization by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and CHN analysis.•Single crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD) analysis...

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