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Crystal Structure Of Cis-2-(2-Carboxycyclopropyl)-Glycine (Ccg-Iii) Monohydrate, Sergey V. Lindeman, Nathaniel J. Wallock, William A. Donaldson

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The title compound, C₆H₉NO₄·H₂O [systematic name: (αR,1R,2S)-rel-α-amino-2-carb­oxy­cyclo­propane­acetic acid monohydrate], crystallizes with two organic mol­ecules and two water mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. The space group is P2₁ and the organic mol­ecules are enanti­omers, thus this is an example of a `false conglomerate' with two mol­ecules of opposite handedness in the asymmetric unit (r.m.s. overlay fit = 0.056 Å for one mol­ecule and its inverted partner). Each mol­ecule exists as a zwitterion, with proton transfer from the amino acid carb­oxy­lic acid group to …