Reaction of [WVIO2(acac)2] (Hacac=acetylacetone) with salan‐type dibasic tetradentate ONNO donor Mannich bases derived from ethylenediamine, formaldehyde and 2,4‐di‐tert‐butylphenol (H2L1), 2‐tert‐butyl‐4‐methylphenol (H2L2), 2,4‐dimethylphenol (H2L3) and 2,4‐dichlorophenol (H2L4) in a 1 : 1 ([WVIO2(acac)2] : H2L) molar ratio in refluxing MeOH gave the corresponding cis‐dioxidotungsten(VI) complexes [WVIO2L1] (1), [WVIO2L2] (2), [WVIO2L3] (3) and [WVIO2L4] (4), respectively. Characterization by elemental analysis, various spectroscopic (FT‐IR, UV‐vis, 1H and 13C NMR) studies, DFT calculations and single‐crystal X‐ray analysis of 2 and 3 suggest six‐coordinated octahedral α‐cis (symmetric) isomeric form of the complexes where ligands coordinate through the two phenolate oxygen and two amine nitrogen atoms (in a cis‐α type symmetric binding mode) with one of the N atoms of the ligand and one of the terminal O atoms of the cis‐WO2 group in the axial position. These complexes are potential catalyst precursors for the oxidative bromination of thymol and styrene. Thymol upon bromination gave three products, namely, 2‐bromothymol, 4‐bromothymol, and 2,4‐dibromothymol; later one being the major product. Oxidative bromination of styrene resulted in 2‐bromo‐1‐phenylethanol and 1‐phenylethane‐1,2‐diol; the later one is the result of nucleophilic attack of water on the α as well as β carbons both of the initially formed 1,2‐dibromo‐1‐phenylethane.