Frontiers between crystal structure prediction and determination by powder diffractometry

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (S1) ◽  
pp. S5-S12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armel Le Bail
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Structure Determination ◽  
Structure Prediction ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Crystal Structure Prediction ◽  
Large Intensity ◽  
Cell Parameters ◽  
Structure Solution ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

The fuzzy frontiers between structure determination by powder diffractometry and crystal structure prediction are discussed. The application of a search-match program combined with a database of more than 60 000 predicted powder diffraction patterns is demonstrated. Immediate structure solution (before indexing) is shown to be possible by this method if the discrepancies between the predicted crystal structure cell parameters and the actual ones are <1%. Incomplete chemistry of the hypothetical models (missing interstitial cations, water molecules, etc.) is not necessarily a barrier to a successful identification (in spite of inducing large intensity errors), provided the search-match is made with chemical restrictions on the elements present in both the virtual and experimental compounds.

New similarity index for crystal structure determination from X-ray powder diagrams

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 861-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Detlef Walter Maria Hofmann ◽  
Ludmila Kuleshova
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Structure Determination ◽  
Structure Prediction ◽  
Similarity Index ◽  
Crystal Structure Determination ◽  
Crystal Structure Prediction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Organic Pigments ◽  
Structure Solution ◽  
Similarity Indices

A new similarity index for automated comparison of powder diagrams is proposed. In contrast to traditionally used similarity indices, the proposed method is valid in cases of large deviations in the cell constants. The refinement according to this index closes the gap between crystal structure prediction and automated crystal structure determination. The opportunities of the new procedure have been demonstrated by crystal structure solution of un-indexed powder diagrams of some organic pigments (PY111, PR181 and Me-PR170).

scholarly journals Crystal structure prediction of organic pigments: quinacridone as an example

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Panina ◽  
F. J. J. Leusen ◽  
F. F. B. J. Janssen ◽  
P. Verwer ◽  
H. Meekes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Energy Minimization ◽  
Structure Prediction ◽  
Crystal Structure Prediction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Organic Pigments ◽  
Structural Database ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Experimental Structure

The structures of the α, β and γ polymorphs of quinacridone (Pigment Violet 19) were predicted usingPolymorph Predictorsoftware in combination with X-ray powder diffraction patterns of limited quality. After generation and energy minimization of the possible structures, their powder patterns were compared with the experimental ones. On this basis, candidate structures for the polymorphs were chosen from the list of all structures. Rietveld refinement was used to validate the choice of structures. The predicted structure of the γ polymorph is in accordance with the experimental structure published previously. Three possible structures for the β polymorph are proposed on the basis of X-ray powder patterns comparison. It is shown that the α structure in the Cambridge Structural Database is likely to be in error, and a new α structure is proposed. The present work demonstrates a method to obtain crystal structures of industrially important pigments when only a low-quality X-ray powder diffraction pattern is available.

scholarly journals Crystal structures of two furazidin polymorphs revealed by a joint effort of crystal structure prediction and NMR crystallography

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta K. Dudek ◽  
Piotr Paluch ◽  
Edyta Pindelska
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Structure Determination ◽  
Structure Prediction ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Crystal Structure Determination ◽  
Crystal Structure Prediction ◽  
Crystal Forms ◽  
Space Groups ◽  
Nmr Crystallography

This work presents the crystal structure determination of two elusive polymorphs of furazidin, an antibacterial agent, employing a combination of crystal structure prediction (CSP) calculations and an NMR crystallography approach. Two previously uncharacterized neat crystal forms, one of which has two symmetry-independent molecules (form I), whereas the other one is a Z′ = 1 polymorph (form II), crystallize in P21/c and P 1 space groups, respectively, and both are built by different conformers, displaying different intermolecular interactions. It is demonstrated that the usage of either CSP or NMR crystallography alone is insufficient to successfully elucidate the above-mentioned crystal structures, especially in the case of the Z′ = 2 polymorph. In addition, cases of serendipitous agreement in terms of 1H or 13C NMR data obtained for the CSP-generated crystal structures different from the ones observed in the laboratory (false-positive matches) are analyzed and described. While for the majority of analyzed crystal structures the obtained agreement with the NMR experiment is indicative of some structural features in common with the experimental structure, the mentioned serendipity observed in exceptional cases points to the necessity of caution when using an NMR crystallography approach in crystal structure determination.

scholarly journals ROY revisited, again: the eighth solved structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 477-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Tan ◽  
Alexander G. Shtukenberg ◽  
Shengcai Zhu ◽  
Wenqian Xu ◽  
Eric Dooryhee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Structure Prediction ◽  
Crystal Structure Prediction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Prediction Algorithms

X-ray powder diffraction and crystal structure prediction algorithms are used in synergy to establish the crystal structure of the eighth polymorph of ROY, form R05.

Zýkait z dolu Lehnschafter u Mikulova v Krušných horách (Česká republika) - popis a Ramanova spektroskopie

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-248
Author(s):  
Jiří Sejkora ◽  
Roman Gramblička
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Unit Cell Parameters ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cell Parameters

The zýkaite samples were found at abandoned Lehnschafter mine near Mikulov in the Krušné hory Mts. (Czech Republic). It occurs as irregular white to light greenish rounded to spherical aggregates up to 1.5 cm in size composed of tiny acicular crystals up to 5 - 10 μm in length. Its empirical formula can be expressed as (Fe3.79Al0.02)Σ3.81[(AsO4)2.66(PO4)0.20(SiO4)0.07]Σ2.93 (SO4)1.07(OH)0.44·15H2O (mean of 3 spot analyzes; on the basis of As+P+S+Si = 4 apfu).Zýkaite is probably monoclinic, with the unit-cell parameters refined from X-ray powder diffraction data: a 21.195(8), b 7.052(2), c 36.518(17) Å, β 91.07(2)° and V 5458(2) Å3. Raman spectroscopy documented the presence of both (AsO4)3- and (SO4)2- units in the crystal structure of zýkaite. Multiple Raman bands connected with vibrations of water molecules and (AsO4)3- groups indicate the presence of more structurally non-equivalent these groups in the crystal stucture of zýkaite.

scholarly journals Powder diffraction and crystal structure prediction identify four new coumarin polymorphs

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 4926-4940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander G. Shtukenberg ◽  
Qiang Zhu ◽  
Damien J. Carter ◽  
Leslie Vogt ◽  
Johannes Hoja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Structure Prediction ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Crystal Structure Prediction ◽  
Free Energies ◽  
Structure Prediction Method

Crystal structures of four new coumarin polymorphs were solved by crystal structure prediction method and their lattice and free energies were calculated by advanced techniques.

scholarly journals Surface Induced Phenytoin Polymorph. 1. Full Structure Solution by Combining Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction and Crystal Structure Prediction

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 6058-6066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris E. Braun ◽  
Arianna Rivalta ◽  
Andrea Giunchi ◽  
Natalia Bedoya-Martinez ◽  
Benedikt Schrode ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Structure Prediction ◽  
Grazing Incidence ◽  
Crystal Structure Prediction ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Structure Solution ◽  
Full Structure

Crystal structure determination by neutron powder diffraction using structural and packing constraints

1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1005-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Byrom ◽  
B. W. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Structure Determination ◽  
Direct Methods ◽  
Neutron Powder Diffraction ◽  
Crystal Structure Determination ◽  
Diffraction Profile ◽  
Peak Separation ◽  
Structure Factors ◽  
Structure Solution

In the past, crystal structure determination of solids consisting of molecules (or atom groups) whose geometry and size are known approximately has often been attempted using neutron powder diffraction profile refinement techniques, but without inclusion of this information. A method of structure solution has therefore been developed to include it. The proposed method does not require a set of structure factors and thus avoids the problems encountered in separating peaks in a powder diffraction scan. A successful test was conducted with a previously determined (yet treated as unknown) crystal structure, where direct methods had failed to solve the structure due to incorrect peak separation. Two computer programs, MODEL and PARAM, that implement the method are described.

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