A new polymorph of magnesium oxalate dihydrate

In the asymmetric unit of the title compound, catena-poly[[diaquamagnesium(II)]-μ-oxalato], [Mg(C2O4)(H2O)2]n, there is one Mg atom in an octahedral coordination with site symmetry 222, a unique C atom of the oxalate anion lying on a twofold axis, an O atom of the anion in a general positio...

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Main Authors: Xue-An Chen, Fang-Ping Song, Xin-An Chang, He-Gui Zang, Wei-Qiang Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2008-07-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808015870