“…However, the corresponding torsion angles are much smaller in some closely related molecules, where the steric overcrowding must be comparable, viz. 6.2° in (II) (Bolte et al, 2000), 5.2° in its potassium salt (Cser & Sasvari, 1976), 3.6 (2)° in the endo-cis isomer of (I) (Batsanov & Hesselink, 2002b), 4.7 (2), 0.6 (2) and 6.3 (2)° in the three independent molecules of the endo-cis isomer of (II) (Batsanov & Hesselink, 2002a), 12.2 and 11.5° in the isostructural Mn and Co complexes, containing anions of (II) as monodentate ligands (Hartung et al, 1993), and 4.5° in the Mn complex with a bidentate dianion of (II), coordinated via both carboxylate groups (Devereux et al, 1995). A possible explanation is a peculiar orientation of the carboxylic acid groups in (I).…”