The crystal structure of Zn4O(CH3COO)6 has been examined by the method of X-ray Fourier analysis (Fe Kα, λ=1.937 Å). The general features of the structure reported by Wyart in 1926 are confirmed and the atomic co-oridinates which hitherto remained unfixed have been completely determined. Lengths of Zn-O bonds are 1.96 and 1.98 Å respectively, which are in good accord with those found in crystals of ZnO. The significance of the structure is discussed briefly and compared with that of Be4O(CH3COO)6.
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Koyama et al. (1954) studied this question.