Absolute Structure - Racemic Twinning

cell: 11.370 11.370 20.496 90.00 90.00 120.00 click here for the .p4p-file or the .hkl-file

SPACE GROUP DETERMINATION

Crystal system H and Lattice type P selected

Mean |E*E-1| = 0.529 [expected .968 centrosym and .736 non-centrosym]
 

Systematic absence exceptions:
61/65 62=31 63 -c- --c
N 15 12 9 553 301
N I>3sigma 1 1 1 535 279
<I> 1.3 1.3 1.4 265.5 253.1
<I/sigma> 1.1 1.1 1.3 42.6 40.3

 
Opt. Space Gr. CSD R(int) N(eq) Syst.Abs. CFOM
[A] P61 62 0.061 5574 1.3/ 34.8 6.18
[B] P65 62 0.061 5574 1.3/ 34.8 6.18
[C] P6122 20 0.149 5954 1.3/ 34.8 85.55
[D] P6522 20 0.149 5954 1.3/ 34.8 85.55

Patterson in P61: 1 Cs
click here for the derivation of the twin law

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TWIN 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1

BASF .4
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Difference Fourier with these coordinates:
 
without Twin 
for the.ins-file click here
with TWIN 
for the .ins-file click here
R1(F > 4sigma(F)) 0.245 0.133
wR2 (all data) 0.617 0.384
K2 0.355(9)
E-density only few peaks nearly the whole structure interpretable

 

R1 = 0.022

wR2 = 0.057

K2 = 0.341(1)
 
 

** Possible racemic twinning or wrong absolute structure - try TWIN refinement**
for an explanation click here

Flack x: 0.87(5)
 
 

Perhaps four twin domains with following indices:
h k l
k h -l TWIN matrix
-h -k -l Racemic twinning
-k -h l TWIN matrix and racemic twinning
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TWIN 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 -4

BASF .2 .2 .2

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Parameter Value s.u. Indices
K1 1-(K2+K3+K4) h, k, l
K2 0.00395 0.02478 k, h, -l
K3 0.69754 0.03486 -h, -k, -l
K4 0.33611 0.02478 -k, -h, l

 
 

correct space group P65:

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MOVE 1 1 1 -1

TWIN 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1

BASF .4

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Comparison of Different Refinements


A: Space group P61 .ins-file
TWIN 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1
B: Space group P61 .ins-file
TWIN 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1
C: Space group P65 .ins-file
TWIN 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1
D: Space group P65 .ins-file
TWIN 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1

 
R1 wR2 K2 Flack x s.u. (C - C)
A 0.022 0.057 0.341(1) 0.87(5) 0.011 - 0.013
B 0.021 0.054 0.341(1) 0.35(3) 0.010 - 0.012
C 0.020 0.049 0.340(1) 0.09(3) 0.009 - 0.011
D 0.018 0.046 0.340(1) -0.03(4) 0.008 - 0.010