Abstract
The structure of NaNO2 was determined in order to test W. H. Zachariasen's prediction (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 53, 2123 (1931)) that the (NO2) group would be angular with 120° between the N⊖O bonds. Powdered crystal, rotating crystal, and Laue data were used. The lattice is body-centered, orthorhombic, space group C2ν20 (Imm), with a unit cell a=3.55A, b=5.56, c=5.37 containing two molecules. From visually estimated intensities the positions of the atoms in fractions of unit cell dimensions are:

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