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catena-Poly[[octa-aqua-bis-(μ(4)-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxyl-ato)trizinc] tetra-hydrate]

Lin Sun1, Tao Run Qiu, Hong Deng

  • 1School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.

Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
|July 15, 2011
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