Abstract
A novel heteronuclear complex, [Gd2Zn2L10(bipy)(H2O)2]2 (HL = α-methylacrylic acid, bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine), was synthesized and characterized. Its structure, determined by X-ray diffraction, reveals a discrete octanuclear molecule, in which two ZnII ions are linked by a bipy molecule and GdIII ions, and GdIII and ZnII ions are bridged by bidentate α-methylacrylato groups. The complex crystallizes in space group P