Space Group of Aquaimidazolemaleatozinc, [(H2O)(C3H4N2)(O2CCH=CHCO2Zn)]n

The space group of (H2O)(C3H4N2)(O2CCH=CHCO2Zn)]n, which was originally described in the acentric Pc space group (Liu et al., Chin. J. Struct. Chem. 2004, 23, 160～163), is re-described in the centric P21/c space group.The crystal structure of (H2O)(C3H4N2)O2C-CH=CHCO2Zn was refined in the acentric Pc space group on 266 variables to R = 0.037 for the 1926 of the 2067 obeying the I > 2σ criterion1]. The structure is better described in the centric P21/c space group (Table 1) as the two indepen-dent formula units are related by a center of symmetry. The 21 screw axis is must be pre-sent, as noted from the systematically absent 0k0 (k = 2n + 1) reflections in the 3302 reflections that were simulated2, 3] from the published cell dimensions and atomic coordinates. Crystallo-graphica4] estimates the hemisphere of reflections to be 3302, so that only a little more than the minimum monoclinic data must have been collec-ted in the study. A revision from Pc to P21/c is not particularly common5] as the P21/c space group is uniquely determined from systematic absences. The polymeric chain propagates linearly along the c-axis of the unit cell (Fig. 1).