“…A similarity between the cell constants and symmetry of the racemate [a = 11.407, b = 18.005, c = 7.177 A, fl=95.30 °, V= 1468.3, P21/n, Bravic, Gaultier & Hauw, (1971)] and the (-) isomer was noticed. Another example in which optical isomers and racemates are isostructural occurs in amino acids exhibiting some dominant packing feature (Benedetti, Pedone & Sirigu, 1973 ;Di Blasio, Pedone & Sirigu, 1975) and it was therefore decided to attempt to solve the (-) structure with the racemate as a starting point.…”