The OD groupoid family of the structure of dinitrosylcobalt chloride, Co(NO)2Cl]2, is characterized by the symbol: The OD groupoid family of the structure is deduced from the observed arrangement of points in reciprocal space, the symmetry of the intensity distribution and the systematic absences. The structure is built of OD layers of one kind. The determination of the structure of the ordered orthorhombic form (MDO2) has been determined from Weissenberg data obtained by JAGNER and VANNERBERG refined with OD full-matrix least-squares methods, based on a total of 150 reflections and anisotropic temperature coefficients. An R value of 0.13 has been obtained. The assumption of JAGNER that the structure is composed of dimers has been found to be justified.
