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WE have been engaged in an investigation of the structure of cyclo-octatetraene by X-ray methods. In a previous communication1, we gave the preliminary crystallographic data. Cyclo-octatetraene crystallizes in the orthorhombic system with four molecules per unit cell. The cell dimensions are a = 7·76 A., b = 7·80 A. and c = 10·66 A. The space group is Aba.
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KAUFMAN, H., FANKUCHEN, I. & MARK, H. Structure of Cyclo-octatetraene. Nature 161, 165 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161165a0
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