Structure solution and refinement from powder or single-crystal diffraction data? Pros and cons: An example of the high-pressure β′-polymorph of glycine

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nickolay A. Tumanov ◽  
Elena V. Boldyreva ◽  
Hans Ahsbahs
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Single Crystal Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Diamond Anvil ◽  
The Difference

The structure of a high-pressure polymorph of glycine (the β′-polymorph formed reversibly at 0.8 GPa from the β-polymorph) was determined from high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction data collected in situ in a diamond anvil cell at nine pressure points up to 2.6 GPa. X-ray powder diffraction study gave a structural model of at least the same quality as that obtained from a single-crystal diffraction experiment. The difference between the powder-diffraction and the single-crystal models is related to the orientation of the NH3-tails and the structure of the hydrogen-bonds network. The phase transition between the β- and β′-polymorphs is reversible and preserves a single crystal intact. No transformations were observed between the β-, α-, and β′-polymorphs on compression and decompression, although the α- and β′-polymorphs belong to the same space group (P21/c). The instability of the β- and γ-forms with pressure can be predicted easily when considering the densities of their structures versus pressure. The direction of the transformation (i.e., which of the high-pressure polymorphs is formed) is determined by structural filiation between the parent and the high-pressure phases because of the kinetic control of the transformations.

scholarly journals Use of a miniature diamond-anvil cell in a joint X-ray and neutron high-pressure study on copper sulfate pentahydrate

IUCrJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Novelli ◽  
Konstantin V. Kamenev ◽  
Helen E. Maynard-Casely ◽  
Simon Parsons ◽  
Garry J. McIntyre
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Diamond Anvil Cell ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Structure Refinement ◽  
Neutron Data ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Sulfate Pentahydrate ◽  
Diamond Anvil

Single-crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction data are usually collected using separate samples. This is a disadvantage when the sample is studied at high pressure because it is very difficult to achieve exactly the same pressure in two separate experiments, especially if the neutron data are collected using Laue methods where precise absolute values of the unit-cell dimensions cannot be measured to check how close the pressures are. In this study, diffraction data have been collected under the same conditions on the same sample of copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate, using a conventional laboratory diffractometer and source for the X-ray measurements and the Koala single-crystal Laue diffractometer at the ANSTO facility for the neutron measurements. The sample, of dimensions 0.40 × 0.22 × 0.20 mm3 and held at a pressure of 0.71 GPa, was contained in a miniature Merrill–Bassett diamond-anvil cell. The highly penetrating diffracted neutron beams passing through the metal body of the miniature cell as well as through the diamonds yielded data suitable for structure refinement, and compensated for the low completeness of the X-ray measurements, which was only 24% on account of the triclinic symmetry of the sample and the shading of reciprocal space by the cell. The two data-sets were combined in a single `XN' structure refinement in which all atoms, including H atoms, were refined with anisotropic displacement parameters. The precision of the structural parameters was improved by a factor of up to 50% in the XN refinement compared with refinements using the X-ray or neutron data separately.

scholarly journals Combined X-ray and neutron single-crystal diffraction in diamond anvil cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Grzechnik ◽  
Martin Meven ◽  
Carsten Paulmann ◽  
Karen Friese
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Diamond Anvil Cell ◽  
Crystal Data ◽  
Structural Refinement ◽  
Single Crystal Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Diamond Anvil ◽  
First Time

It is shown that it is possible to perform combined X-ray and neutron single-crystal studies in the same diamond anvil cell (DAC). A modified Merrill–Bassett DAC equipped with an inflatable membrane filled with He gas has been developed. It can be used on laboratory X-ray and synchrotron diffractometers as well as on neutron instruments. The data processing procedures and a joint structural refinement of the high-pressure synchrotron and neutron single-crystal data are presented and discussed for the first time.

Préparation, Identification et Radiocristallographie d'un Hétérocycle Cétonique à Intérêt Médicinal: l'Isopropyl-3, phényl-2, diaza-1,3, one-5 bicyclo [3,3,0] octène-1

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-49
Author(s):  
Par Mme C. Caranoni ◽  
M.J.P. Reboul ◽  
Melle C. Soula
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Monoclinic Space Group ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Single Crystal Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cell Parameters ◽  
Better Than

AbstractThe heterocycle of a functionalized 2-imidazoline, C15N2OH18, was obtained by reaction when 2-bromo, 2-alkenoïc ketone was allowed to react with a monosubstituted benzamidine. The compound presents a R*R* configuration. X-ray powder diffraction data have been obtained from single multifaceted brown crystals prepared at 273 K in benzene with triethylamine as catalyst. Chemical analysis gives a purity better than 99%. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c [14]. The cell parameters were determined by employing single-crystal diffraction methods (Bragg and precession patterns) and were refined from accurate powder diffractometer data recorded at T = 293 (1) K.

X-ray powder diffraction data for CuFeSe2

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Henaoa ◽  
J. M. Delgado ◽  
M. Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Crystal Structure Data ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Single Crystal Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Tetragonal System

Recent X-ray single-crystal diffraction studies have shown that CuFeSe2 crystallizes in the tetragonal system with space group P2c [, No. 112], Z = 4, with a =5.530(1) Å and c = 11.049(2) Å, c/a = 1.998. This material had been reported as pseudocubic with a =5.53 Å. The purpose of this paper is to present new X-ray powder diffraction data for CuFeSe2 and to compare the results with those reported for eskebornite, a mineral with ideal chemical composition CuFeSe2, and with those obtained from single-crystal structure data.

scholarly journals Comparison between beryllium and diamond-backing plates in diamond-anvil cells: Application to single-crystal x-ray diffraction high-pressure data

2011 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 055111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedetta Periotto ◽  
Fabrizio Nestola ◽  
Tonci Balic-Zunic ◽  
Ross J. Angel ◽  
Ronald Miletich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Pressure Data ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Diamond Anvil Cells ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Diamond Anvil

Leverage analysis of X-ray single crystal diffraction data from orthopyroxene and pigeonite

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 773-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcello Merli ◽  
Fernando Cámara ◽  
Chiara Domeneghetti ◽  
Vittorio Tazzoli
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Single Crystal Diffraction ◽  
X Ray

Structure Refinements of the Layered Intergrowth Phases SbIIISbV x A 1−x TiO6 (x≃0, A = Ta, Nb) Using Synchrotron X-ray Powder Diffraction Data

1997 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 861-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. D. Ling ◽  
J. G. Thompson ◽  
S. Schmid ◽  
D. J. Cookson ◽  
R. L. Withers
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Homologous Series ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Synchrotron Source ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Family

The structures of the layered intergrowth phases SbIIISb^{\rm V}_xAl-xTiO6 (x \simeq 0, A = Ta, Nb) have been refined by the Rietveld method, using X-ray diffraction data obtained using a synchrotron source. The starting models for these structures were derived from those of Sb^{\rm III}_3Sb^{\rm V}_xA 3−xTiO14 (x = 1.26, A = Ta and x = 0.89, A = Nb), previously solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. There were no significant differences between the derived models and the final structures, validating the approach used to obtain the models and confirming that the n = 1 and n = 3 members of the family, Sb^{\rm III}_nSb^{\rm V}_xA n−xTiO4n+2 are part of a structurally homologous series.

X-ray powder diffraction data for estra-4,9-diene-3,17-dione, C18H22O2

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-285
Author(s):  
Zhicheng Zha ◽  
Ting Tang ◽  
Xiaoyan Bian ◽  
Qing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Cell Volume ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Structure Data ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Unit Cell Volume ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray

X-ray powder diffraction data for estra-4,9-diene-3,17-dione, C18H22O2, are reported [a = 9.236(7) Å, b = 10.294(4) Å, c = 15.471(1) Å, unit cell volume V = 1471.11 Å3, Z = 4, and space group P212121]. All measured lines were indexed and are consistent with the P212121 space group. No detectable impurities were observed. The single-crystallographic data of the compound are also reported [a = 9.2392(7) Å, b = 10.2793(5) Å, c = 15.4822(7) Å, unit cell volume V = 1470.37(15) Å3, Z = 4, and space group P212121]. Both single-crystal and powder diffraction methods can get the similar structure data.

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