The reaction of oxidovanadium sulfate VOSO4· 3H2O with 4, 4′-di-tert-butyl-2, 2′- bipyridine (dtb-bpy) in methanol was found to give the complex (VO) 2 (μ2-SO4) 2 (dtb-bpy) 2 (CH3OH) 2· 4CH3OH (1). Single crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that molecule 1 is a centrosymmetric dimer consisting of two {VO (μ2-SO4)(dtb-bpy)(CH3OH)} moieties linked by two bridging sulfate anions. Each vanadium atom is in a distorted octahedral environment ...