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A STUDY of the crystal structure of cytidine is being carried out by X-ray analysis. The crystal specimens were kindly supplied by Dr. D. O. Jordan, University of Nottingham, and were found to be orthorhombic with {110} dominating. An optical investigation shows that the sign is positive, with α∥c, β∥b and γ∥a Cell dimensions are : a = 13·93 A., b = 14·75 A., c = 5·10 A.; density, 1·53; four molecules per unit cell; space-group, P 212121.
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FURBERG, S. Crystal Structure of Cytidine. Nature 164, 22 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164022a0
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