3,5-Lutidine coordinated zinc(II) aryl carboxylate complexes: Precursors for zinc(II) oxide

► Mono/dinuclear 3,5-lutidine coordinated zinc(II) aryl carboxylate complexes. ► Coordination modes depend on subtle basic/steric properties of the carboxylate moieties. ► CP-MAS 13C NMR is handy to distinguish the crystallographically different OC(O) carbon nuclei. ► 3,5-Lutidine coordinated zinc(II) aryl carboxylate complexes are useful ZnO precursors.