When chemical or biological substances crystallize into single crystals, the technique of X-ray or electron diffraction can be used to determine their three-dimensional structure. The technique provides accurate and precise measurements of molecular dimensions in a way that no other method can approach and is the only method for determining the absolute structure unambiguously. A frequent use is the identification of natural products, or of the products of synthetic chemistry experiments; however, detailed molecular geometry, intermolecular interactions and absolute configuration can also be studied.
Crystal structure determination
Molecular structure and geometry
Absolute structure and configuration
Single crystal diffraction
Powder diffraction
Ambient and non-ambient conditions
Displacement parameters
Charge density
Intermolecular interactions
Structure correlation
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