“…This ligand can be easily prepared by the condensation reaction between pyridyl bearing amines and carboxylic acid precursors promoted by coupling agents [8]. Also, the metal-induced carboxamido bond hydrolysis has been carried out in the presence of various metal ions such as Cu(II) [9], Zn(II) [10], Ni(II) [10], Co(III) [11], Cd(II) [12], La(III) [13], Ce(III) [13], Ce(IV) [14], Pd(II) [15] and Pb (II) [16] ions. However, to the best of our knowledge, any work on V (IV) ion is yet to be reported.…”