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1Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India. rchitra@barc.gov.in
Abstract:
Single-crystal neutron diffraction investigation of bis(glycinium) oxalate was undertaken in order to study its hydrogen-bonding network, particularly the very short hydrogen bond between the glycinum and oxalate ions, indicated by the X-ray diffraction study. The non-existence of any phase transition in these crystals was attributed to the fact that the short hydrogen bond in bis(glycinium) oxalate is asymmetric in nature, with no hydrogen disorder. The potential energy landscape for the above-mentioned H atom was found to have a single minimum closer to the glycinium ion. IR and Raman investigations of the title complex supported the above result.
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