data_1100073 _chemical_name_systematic 'Magnesium thiosulfate hexahydrate' _chemical_formula_structural 'Mg S2 O3 (H2 O)6' _chemical_formula_sum 'H12 Mg O9 S2' _publ_section_title ; Hydrogen Bonding in Magnesium Thiosulphate Hexahydrate Mg S~2~ O~3~ (H~2~ O)~6~. A Neutron Diffraction Study ; loop_ _publ_author_name 'Elerman, Y' 'Fuess, H' 'Joswig, W' _journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica B (24,1968-38,1982)' _journal_volume 38 _journal_year 1982 _journal_page_first 1799 _journal_page_last 1801 _cell_length_a 9.405(4) _cell_length_b 14.449(4) _cell_length_c 6.866(4) _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 933.0 _cell_formula_units_Z 4 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P n m a' _symmetry_Int_Tables_number 62 _symmetry_cell_setting orthorhombic loop_ _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2-z' '-x,1/2+y,-z' '1/2-x,-y,1/2+z' '-x,-y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2+z' 'x,1/2-y,z' '1/2+x,y,1/2-z' loop_ _atom_type_symbol _atom_type_oxidation_number Mg2+ 2.000 S6+ 6.000 S2- -2.000 O2- -2.000 H1+ 1.000 loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_type_symbol _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity _atom_site_Wyckoff_symbol _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_attached_hydrogens _atom_site_calc_flag Mg1 Mg2+ 4 a 0. 0. 0. 1. 0 d S1 S6+ 4 c 0.0424(10) 0.25 0.4400(15) 1. 0 d S2 S2- 4 c 0.2174(12) 0.25 0.6082(14) 1. 0 d O1 O2- 8 d -0.0416(4) 0.1662(3) 0.4776(6) 1. 0 d O2 O2- 4 c 0.0908(7) 0.25 0.2384(8) 1. 0 d O3 O2- 8 d -0.1535(4) 0.0816(3) 0.1488(5) 1. 0 d O4 O2- 8 d 0.1263(4) 0.1148(3) -0.0309(5) 1. 0 d O5 O2- 8 d -0.0975(5) 0.0272(3) -0.2612(6) 1. 0 d H1 H1+ 8 d 0.8797(7) 0.1088(5) 0.2650(14) 1. 0 d H2 H1+ 8 d 0.8096(7) 0.1315(5) 0.0679(13) 1. 0 d H3 H1+ 8 d 0.1200(8) 0.1618(6) 0.0671(12) 1. 0 d H4 H1+ 8 d 0.1533(8) 0.1453(6) 0.8566(13) 1. 0 d H5 H1+ 8 d 0.9214(8) 0.0771(7) 0.6542(13) 1. 0 d H6 H1+ 8 d 0.8206(9) 0.9938(6) 0.6948(12) 1. 0 d