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Dimensions of the Nitrite Ion

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AS part of a programme of X-ray investigations of N—O bond-lengths and angles, and in particular for comparison of the bond-lengths in the positive (nitronium)1 and negative (nitrite) NO2 ions, the structure of sodium nitrite2 has been redetermined.

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TRUTER, M. Dimensions of the Nitrite Ion. Nature 168, 344 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168344b0

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