Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer / Edition 3

by Jenny Pickworth Glusker, Kenneth N. Trueblood

Overview

Crystal Structure Analysis, Third Edition, explains how and why the detailed three-dimensional architecture of molecules can be determined by an analysis of the diffraction patterns obtained when X-rays or neutrons are scattered by the atoms in single crystals. Part 1 covers the nature of the crystalline state, diffraction in general, and diffraction by crystals, and also looks briefly at experimental procedures. Part II examines the problem of converting the experimentally obtained data into a model of the atomic arrangement that scattered these beams. Part III discusses techniques for refining the approximate structure to the degree warranted by the experimental data. It also describes the many types of information that can be obtained by modern crystal structure analysis. The text is enhanced by numerous illustrations, a detailed glossary, and several appendices that cover mathematical details.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199576357
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/15/2010
Series:	International Union of Crystallography Texts on Crystallography
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jenny Pickworth Glusker is Senior Member Emeritus at the Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania.

The late Kenneth N. Trueblood taught at UCLA for most of his career. For his profound influence on beginning chemistry students, he received the first UCLA Distinguished Teaching award (1961) and the national award for excellence in teaching given by the Manufacturing Chemists Association in 1978.

Table of Contents

I: CRYSTALS AND DIFFRACTION1. Introduction2. Crystals3. Diffraction4. Experimental MeasurementsII: DIFFRACTION PATTERNS AND THEIR ANALYSIS5. The Diffraction Pattern Obtained6. The Phase Problem7. Symmetry and Space Groups8. The Derivation of Trial Structures: I. Analytical Methods of Direct Phase Determination9. The Derivation of Trial Structures: II. Patterson, Heavy Atom, and Isomorphous Replacement Methods10. Anomalous Dispersion and Absolute ConfigurationIII: STRUCTURE REFINEMENT AND STRUCTURAL INFORMATION11. Refinement of the Trial Structure12. Structural Parameters: Analysis of Results13. Micro- and Noncrystalline Structures14. Outline of a Crystal Structure Determination