Three novel non-centrosymmetric compounds of glycine: glycine lithium sulfate, glycine nickel dichloride dihydrate and glycine zinc sulfate trihydrate.

The crystal structures of three compounds of glycine and inorganic materials are presented and discussed. The orthorhombic structure of glycinesulfatodilithium(I), [Li(2)(SO(4))(C(2)H(5)NO(2))](n), consists of corrugated sheets of [LiO(4)] and [SO(4)] tetrahedra. The glycine molecules are located between these sheets. The main features of the monoclinic structure of diaquadichloroglycinenickel(II), [NiCl(2)(C(2)H(5)NO(2))(H(2)O)(2)](n), are helical chains of [NiO(4)Cl(2)] octahedra connected by glycine molecules. The orthorhombic structure of triaquaglycinesulfatozinc(II), [Zn(SO(4))(C(2)H(5)NO(2))(H(2)O)(3)](n), is made up of [O(3)SOZnO(5)] clusters. These clusters are linked by glycine molecules into zigzag chains. All three compounds are examples of non-centrosymmetric glycine compounds.