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Crystal Structure of Mellitic Acid

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THE only published crystallographic data for mellitic acid, to the best of our knowledge, are those reported by Deverin1. According to his observations mellitic acid is dimorphic: rhombohedral when crystallized from aqueous solution at room temperature, and of an unidentified lower symmetry class when separated from hot aqueous solution.

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  1. Department of Structural and Inorganic Chemistry, Ruder Bošković Institute, 54 Bijenička c., Zagreb, Yugoslavia

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BEZJAK, A., GRDENIĆ, D. Crystal Structure of Mellitic Acid. Nature 185, 756–757 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185756a0

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