Acta Cryst. (2002). E58, o117-o119  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536801021213 ]

-Alaninium oxalate hemihydrate

R. V. Krishnakumar, M. Subha Nandhini and S. Natarajan

Abstract: In the title compound, C₃H₈NO₂⁺·C₂HO₄^-·0.5H₂O, the -alanine molecule exists in the cationic form and the oxalic acid in the mono-ionized state. The water molecule occurs as a hemihydrate, lying on a twofold axis within the unit cell. The centrosymmetrically related semi-oxalate anions are surrounded by six -alanine molecules and the complex may be described as an inclusion compound.

Online 11 January 2002

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