Figure 2
(a) The observed and (b) the unobserved possible hydrogen-bonding geometry in the hydrogen bis(oxamate) anion. The different `conformations' of the oxamate groups are labelled A (with carbonyl O atoms in a cis geometry) and B (with carbonyl O atoms in a trans geometry). (c) The planar oxamate anion and the relative basicity of the carboxylate O atoms, as inferred from this study. |