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Re: [sdpd] Hydrogen atoms and SDPD from X-ray data



Some remarks on H atoms in SDPD for organic compounds:

1) The H bond pattern should be visible, even if the H atoms are only on  
calculated positions. If the resulting H bond pattern is not chemically  
sensible, probably the H atoms are somewhere else.

2) A lattice-energy minimisation using dispersion-corrected DFT  
calculations would prove (or disprove!) the structure.

3) We prefer to include the H atoms in the refinement using restraints. If  
necessary, at the end, the positions of the H atoms could be optimized  
(e.g. by force-field calculations fixing all non-H-atoms), followed by a  
final Rietveld refinement with fixed H atom positions.

4) Lab data may be sufficient even to determine the tautomeric form, see  
e.g.
S.L. Bekö et al, "X-ray powder diffraction, solid-state NMR and  
dispersion-corrected DFT calculations to investigate the solid-state  
structure of 2-ammonio-5-chloro-4-methylbenzenesulfonate", Z. Krist. 2010,  
225, 382-387.

Best regards,
Martin Schmidt

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Prof. Dr. Martin U. Schmidt
Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
der Universität Frankfurt
Max-von-Laue-Str. 7
D-60438 Frankfurt
Tel.: (069) 798 29171
Fax: (069) 798 29235
e-mail: m.schmidt...@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de


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