V. Busetti et F. Marcuzzi, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF SODIUM SQUARATE TRIHYDRATE, NA2C4O4-CENTER-DOT-3H2O, Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie, 212(4), 1997, pp. 302-304
The crystal structure of the trihydrate sodium salt of the squaric aci
d has been determined by X-ray analysis. The squaric anions, linked in
ribbons by hydrogen bridges, extend through the crystal in directions
parallel to the ab plane diagonals, and are arranged in stacks by the
b translation. Adjacent ribbons along the c direction are coplanar, b
ut interleaved with sodium cations octahedrally surrounded by oxygen a
toms.