Acta Cryst. (2004). E60, m1949-m1951  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536804030041 ]

A redetermination of cis-aquabis(glycinato-²N,O)copper(II)

B. M. Casari, A. H. Mahmoudkhani and V. Langer

Abstract: The crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(C₂H₄NO₂)₂(H₂O)], reported by Freeman et al. [(1964). Acta Cryst. 17, 1463-1470], has been reinvestigated and its absolute configuration established by anomalous dispersion effects. The origin of chirality in the crystalline state of this compound is the formation of right-handed helices from a Cu^II coordination network self-resolved into a pure enantiomeric phase.

Online 27 November 2004

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