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Schiff base with an additional oxime group have been considered as ligand both on account of synthetic flexibility and sensitivity towards metal ion as well as wide range of application ranging from analytical to biological activities. Many biologically important Schiff base complexes of transition and inner-transition metal ions have been reported in the literature possessing antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, anti HIV activities, etc. The Schiff bases with sulphur, oxygen and nitrogen donor atoms in their structures act as superior chelating agents for transition, inner transition metal ions. It has been seen that the ligands containing both oxygen and nitrogen donor atoms behaves as a good building blocks for formation of various lanthanoid co-ordination compounds. The pharmacological properties of N-donor ligands of Schiff bases and their derivatives have attracted worldwide attention in the last few decades because of their wide occurrence in natural products and drugs. Benzilmonoximehydrazone-p-hydroxybenzaldehyde acts a tridentate ligand coordinating to the metals through the azomethine nitrogen atom, the nitrogen atom of oximino group. The metal complexes will be synthesized in a suitable medium and characterized on the basis of various physicochemical techniques such as Elemental analysis, Solubility in various solvents, Conductance measurements, investigation of UV-Vis, FT-IR, PMR, powder XRD, ESR spectra as may be necessary.