Six novel oxovanadium(IV) binuclear complexes have been synthesized and characterized,namely,[(VO)2(CA)La]SO4 [L denotes 5-methyl-l,10-phenanthroline (Me-phen);2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (Me2-phen); 5-chloro-l,10-phenanthroline (Cl-phen); diaminoethane (en); 1,3-diaminopropane (pn) and 1,2-diaminopropane (ap) respectively.],where CA represents the dianion of chloranilic acid.Based on elemental analyses,molar conductivity and room temperature magnetic moment measurements,IR and electronic spectral studies,it is proposed that these complexes have CA-bridged structures and consist of two vanadium(IV) ions in a square-pyramidal environment.The complexes [(VO)2(CA)(Me-phen)2]SO4 (1) and [(VO)2(CA)(Me2-phen)2]SO4 (2) were characterized by variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements (4~300 K) and the observed data were fitted to the modified Bleaney-Bowers equation by the least-squares method,giving the exchange integral J=-15.8 cm-1 for 1 and J=-10.6 cm-1 for 2.This result indicates that t