the Ministry of Science & Technology (2005CB221408);National Natural Science Foundation of China (20423002, 205710617) for financial support.
Reactions of potassium molybdate with racemic malic acid (H3mal = C4H6O5) result in the isolation of two mesomeric molybdenum malate complexes K8[(MoO2)2O(R-mal)2][(MoO2)2O(Smal)2]-4H2O 1 and (Him)2K6[(M...