title: Sodium 2-nitroethanaloximate forms a layered-framework structure.
abstract: In the title compound, [Na(C(2)H(3)N(2)O(3))], the Na(+) cation lies on a centre of inversion in space group P2(1)/m and all the atoms of the anion lie on a mirror plane. Na is octahedrally coordinated by four O and two N atoms from six different anions and each anion is coordinated to six different Na(+) cations, forming chains of confacial octahedra which link the anion layers. Within these layers, the individual anions are linked by both O-H...O and C-H...O hydrogen bonds.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lough
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Zakaria
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glidewell