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- Title
Why direct and post-refinement determinations of absolute structure may give different results.
- Authors
Watkin, David John; Cooper, Richard Ian
- Abstract
Direct determination of the Flack parameter as part of the structure refinement procedure usually gives different, though similar, values to post-refinement methods. The source of this discrepancy has been probed by analysing a range of data sets taken from the recent literature. Most significantly, it was observed that the directly refined Flack (x) parameter and its standard uncertainty are usually not much influenced by changes in the refinement weighting schemes, but if they are then there are probably problems with the data or model. Post-refinement analyses give Flack parameters strongly influenced by the choice of weights. Weights derived from those used in the main least squares lead to post-refinement estimates of the Flack parameters and their standard uncertainties very similar to those obtained by direct refinement. Weights derived from the variances of the observed structure amplitudes are more appropriate and often yield post-refinement Flack parameters similar to those from direct refinement, but always with lower standard uncertainties. Substantial disagreement between direct and post-refinement determinations are strongly indicative of problems with the data, which may be difficult to identify. Examples drawn from 28 structure determinations are provided showing a range of different underlying problems. It seems likely that post-refinement methods taking into account the slope of the normal probability plot are currently the most robust estimators of absolute structure and should be reported along with the directly refined values.
- Subjects
CRYSTAL structure; LEAST squares; PROBABILITY theory
- Publication
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering & Materials, 2016, Vol 72, Issue 5, p661
- ISSN
2052-5192
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1107/S2052520616012890