scholarly journals A history of experimental phasing in macromolecular crystallography

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Isaacs
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Fourier Transforms ◽  
Macromolecular Crystallography ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Crystal Lattices ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Experimental Phasing ◽  
History Of

It was just over a century ago that W. L. Bragg published a paper describing the first crystal structures to be determined using X-ray diffraction data. These structures were obtained from considerations of X-ray diffraction (Bragg equation), crystallography (crystal lattices and symmetry) and the scattering power of different atoms. Although W. H. Bragg proposed soon afterwards, in 1915, that the periodic electron density in crystals could be analysed using Fourier transforms, it took some decades before experimental phasing methods were developed. Many scientists contributed to this development and this paper presents the author's own perspective on this history. There will be other perspectives, so what follows isahistory, rather thanthehistory, of experimental phasing.

scholarly journals Crystallographic features of ammonium fluoroelpasolites: dynamic orientational disorder in crystals of (NH4)3HfF7 and (NH4)3Ti(O2)F5

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatoly A. Udovenko ◽  
Alexander A. Karabtsov ◽  
Natalia M. Laptash
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Central Atom ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Orientational Disorder ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Structural Units ◽  
X Ray

A classical elpasolite-type structure is considered with respect to dynamically disordered ammonium fluoro-(oxofluoro-)metallates. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data from high quality (NH4)3HfF7 and (NH4)3Ti(O2)F5 samples enabled the refinement of the ligand and cationic positions in the cubic Fm \bar 3 m (Z = 4) structure. Electron-density atomic profiles show that the ligand atoms are distributed in a mixed (split) position instead of 24e. One of the ammonium groups is disordered near 8c so that its central atom (N1) forms a tetrahedron with vertexes in 32f. However, a center of another group (N2) remains in the 4b site, whereas its H atoms (H2) occupy the 96k positions instead of 24e and, together with the H3 atom in the 32f position, they form eight spatial orientations of the ammonium group. It is a common feature of all ammonium fluoroelpasolites with orientational disorder of structural units of a dynamic nature.

scholarly journals Thermal History of Matrix Forsterite Grains from Murchison Based on High-resolution Tomography

2021 ◽  
Vol 922 (2) ◽  
pp. 256
Author(s):  
Giulia Perotti ◽  
Henning O. Sørensen ◽  
Henning Haack ◽  
Anja C. Andersen ◽  
Dario Ferreira Sanchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Density Maps ◽  
Thermally Processed ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chondrule Formation

Abstract Protoplanetary disks are dust- and gas-rich structures surrounding protostars. Depending on the distance from the protostar, this dust is thermally processed to different degrees and accreted to form bodies of varying chemical compositions. The primordial accretion processes occurring in the early protoplanetary disk such as chondrule formation and metal segregation are not well understood. One way to constrain them is to study the morphology and composition of forsteritic grains from the matrix of carbonaceous chondrites. Here, we present high-resolution ptychographic X-ray nanotomography and multimodal chemical microtomography (X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence) to reveal the early history of forsteritic grains extracted from the matrix of the Murchison CM2.5 chondrite. The 3D electron density maps revealed, at unprecedented resolution (64 nm), spherical inclusions containing Fe–Ni, very little silica-rich glass and void caps (i.e., volumes where the electron density is consistent with conditions close to vacuum) trapped in forsterite. The presence of the voids along with the overall composition, petrological textures, and shrinkage calculations is consistent with the grains experiencing one or more heating events with peak temperatures close to the melting point of forsterite (∼2100 K), and subsequently cooled and contracted, in agreement with chondrule-forming conditions.

scholarly journals Darstellung und Kristallstrukturen von (PH4P)4Sb8I28 und (Ph4P)Sb3I10(Ph = C6H5) / Synthesis and Crystal Structures of (PH4P)4Sb8I28 and (Ph4P)Sb3I10(Ph = C6H5)

1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 1493-1499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siegfried Pohl ◽  
Wolfgang Saak ◽  
Detlev Haase
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Triclinic Space Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Molar Ratios ◽  
Polymeric Chains ◽  
Bond Strengths

AbstractThe compounds (Pn4P)4Sb8I28 (1) and (Ph4P)Sb3I10 (2) were prepared by the reaction of SbI3 and Ph4PI in acetonitrile (molar ratios 2:1 and 3:1 respectively). The structures of 1 and 2 were determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data.1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1̄ with a - 1321.7(5). b = 1346.7(5), c = 2201.8(8) pm, α = 104.18(2). β = 99.92(2), γ = 100.33(2)°; 2: monoclinic, C2/c, a = 2371.1(2), b = 745.0(1), c = 2495.1(2) pm, β = 100.75(1)°.Whereas 1 exhibits isolated Sb8I284- ions, the anions of 2 are built up of polymeric chains [Sb3I10- ]∞. In both compounds the distorted Sbl6 octahedra are linked by common edges. The Sb-I distances are in the range between 277.4 and 354.8 pm (1) and between 277.4 and 342.4 pm (2). The observed structures do not only depend on stoichiometry, the nature of the counter cations, and the possibility of oligomerisation but also on the wide variety of the Sb-I bond strengths and the different bridges formed by iodine.The lone pair of Sb(III) seems to be predominantly 5 s2.

scholarly journals Structures of (S)-(−)-4-oxo-2-azetidinecarboxylic acid and 3-azetidinecarboxylic acid from powder synchrotron diffraction data

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 606-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asiloé J. Mora ◽  
Michela Brunelli ◽  
Andrew N. Fitch ◽  
Jonathan Wright ◽  
Maria E. Báez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Direct Methods ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Synchrotron Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Asymmetry

The crystal structures of the four-membered heterocycles (S)-(−)-4-oxo-2-azetidinecarboxylic acid (I) and 3-azetidinecarboxylic acid (II) were solved by direct methods using powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction data. The asymmetry of the oxoazetidine and azetidine rings is discussed, along with the hydrogen bonding.

A REFINEMENT OF THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF (NH4)2TeBr6 AND Cs2TeBr6

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 939-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Das ◽  
I. D. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Bromine Atom ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Full Matrix ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Anisotropic Temperature ◽  
Temperature Factors

(NH4)2TeBr6 and Cs2TeBr6 crystals have the cubic K2PtCl6 structure with space group: [Formula: see text] with a0 = 10.728 ± 0.003 Å and 10.918 ± 0.002 Å respectively. The positional coordinate of the bromine atom, and the anisotropic temperature factors of all atoms in the unit cell, have been refined for both crystals by a full matrix least-squares analysis of the three dimensional X-ray diffraction data (R = 0.08). The Te—Br distance, corrected for probable thermal motions of atoms forming the bond, is 2.70 ± 0.01 Å in both crystals.

On racemic and L-malates: a comparison of their crystal structures

2004 ◽  
Vol 219 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Fleck ◽  
Ekkehart Tillmanns ◽  
Ladislav Bohatý ◽  
Peter Held
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Monoclinic Space Group ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Powder Diffraction File ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray

AbstractThe crystal structures of eight different L-malates have been determined and refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The compounds are the monoclinic (space groupIn addition, for all the compounds, powder diffraction data were collected, analysed and submitted to the powder diffraction file (PDF).

Crystal Structures of New Compounds Na0.5Sm4.5Ti4O15 and Na0.5Eu4.5Ti4O15

2011 ◽  
Vol 415-417 ◽  
pp. 468-471
Author(s):  
Qiao Hong Yu ◽  
Zheng Fa Li ◽  
Yong Xiang Li ◽  
Ping Zhan Si ◽  
Jiang Ying Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Diffraction Method ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ordinary Temperature ◽  
Europium Titanate ◽  
New Compounds

New compounds of sodium samarium titanate Na0.5Sm4.5Ti4O15and sodium europium titanate Na0.5Eu4.5Ti4O15were synthesized successfully by solid state reaction at 1300 oC and 1200 oC, respectively. The lattice parameters of Na0.5Sm4.5Ti4O15and Na0.5Eu4.5Ti4O15were determined at ordinary temperature by using X-ray powder diffraction method. Their Lattice types were determined, and their patterns were indexed. Polycrystalline X-ray diffraction data of sodium samarium titanate were listed. Differences of their crystal structures were analyzed and discussed.

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