Mixed-ligand oxovanadium(V) complexes, [vvo(L) -(sal)], containing salicylaldimine ligands of c~-amino acids HzL [,,(1); R = Me, i-Pr and CHzPh ] and salicylaldehyde (Hsal) have been synthesized. The coordination sphere of the complexes is of the VO(ONO)(OO) type, where O atoms are phenolic, carboxylic and aldehydic, and N is of the azomethine type. The complexes are diamagnetic and exhibit only one LMCT band at ca. 490nm. They display quasi-reversible one-electron reduction peaks in a CHzClz-MeCN (2:1v/v) mixture in the 0.07-0.13V versus s.c.e, range. A trend in the redox potential data has been rationalized on the basis of conventional normal substituent effects.