Ab initio structure determination using dispersive differences from multiple-wavelength synchrotron-radiation powder diffraction data

John R. Helliwell, Madeleine Helliwell, Richard H. Jones

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    Abstract

    The purpose of this paper and a test case study is to assess a method of ab initio structure solution from powder diffraction data using f′ difference techniques. A theoretical foundation for the approach used is first provided. Then, with a test case (nickel sulfate hexahydrate), it is shown that both the position of the anomalous scatterer (Ni) can be determined and the structure can be developed in full. Specifically, synchrotron-radiation data were collected at two wavelengths close to the K edge for Ni and three wavelengths remote from the Ni absorption edge, at 1.3, 1.8 and 2.16 Å. These five wavelengths then allowed various combinations to be tried to establish which wavelength pairs gave the optimum signal in the Patterson maps using dispersive amplitude differences. The initial phases derived from the metal-atom position then allowed the structure to be fully developed by difference Fourier cycling. The relevance of these developments to structure-solution possibilities for proteins via powder dispersive difference data is then outlined. © 2005 International Union of Crystallography - all rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)568-574
    Number of pages6
    JournalActa Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography
    Volume61
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2005

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