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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Crystal structure of zwitterionic 3-(2-hydroxy-2-phosphonato-2-phosphonoethyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-1-ium monohydrate (minodronic acid monohydrate): a redetermination

Gianluca CalestaniCorrado RizzoliMonica DonnolaPiergiorgio BettoniAnnalisa Airoldi

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bisphosphonatecrystal structureMinodronic acidHydrogen bondChemistryCationic polymerizationredeterminationGeneral ChemistryCrystal structureDihedral angleCondensed Matter PhysicsResearch Communicationspolymorphismlcsh:Chemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundCrystallographylcsh:QD1-999Polymorphism (materials science)hydrogen bondsPyridineImidazoleGeneral Materials Scienceminodronic acidbis­phospho­nate

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A redetermination of the crystal structure of minodronic acid monohydrate was carried out in order to provide accurate atomic coordinates and geometry information, whose knowledge is fundamental to elucidate the presumed polymorphism of the compound at room temperature.

https://doi.org/10.1107/s2056989014026863