Synthesis, structural analysis, and thermal and spectroscopic studies of methylmalonate-containing zinc(II) complexes

Funding for this work provided by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion through the projects MAT2010-16981, Consolider Ingenio2010–CSD2006-0015, DPI2010-21103-C04-03 and by the Agencia Canaria de Investigacion, Innovacion y Sociedad de la Informacion, Gobierno de Canarias through projects PIL2070901, SolSubC200801000088 and structuring NANOMAC is gratefully acknowledged. M.D. thanks the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura for a predoctoral fellowship.