Zinc-containing carboxylate-bridged heterodimetallic complexes and their reactions with phosphodiester ligands

The addition of Zn(acac)2.2H2O to [Zn(XDK)(H2O)] XDK mononuclear zinc complex will produce the dizinc compound [Zn2(XDK)(acac)2(CH3OH)2]. [Zn2(XDK)(acac)2(CH3OH)2] has four discrete molecules in its unit cells intermolecular contacts. [Zn(XDK)(H2O)] acts as a precursor to zinc-containing carboxylate-bridged heterodimetallic complexes. The Zn to M distance is linearly coordinated with the ionic radius of high-spin octahedral M ions. Carboxylate-bridged divalent heterodinuclear compounds acts models for heterodimetallic centers in nonredox metalloenzymes.