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THE effect of substituting deuterium for hydrogen on the intermolecular bonds of oxalic acid has been examined by Dr. J. Monteath Robertson and A. R. Ubbelohde using X-ray methods. A small expansion of the lattice occurs, mainly in the direction of the deuterium bonds, an effect which throws light on the mechanism of the hydrogen bond, and promises to be of value in locating certain types of hydrogen linkage in complex structures.
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Points from Foregoing Letters. Nature 139, 513 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139513b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139513b0