International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume F
Crystallography of biological macromolecules
Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 12.1, p. 251   | 1 | 2 |

Table 12.1.5.1 

D. Carvin,a S. A. Islam,b M. J. E. Sternbergb and T. L. Blundellc*

a Biomolecular Modelling Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 44 Lincoln's Inn Field, London WC2A 3PX, England,bInstitute of Cancer Research, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, England, and cDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, England
Correspondence e-mail:  tom@cryst.bioc.cam.ac.uk

Table 12.1.5.1 | top | pdf |
The 23 most commonly used heavy-atom reagents

The first column gives the number of times the reagent has been used in the analyses included in the heavy-atom data bank.

No. Compound
287 Potassium tetrachloroplatinum(II)
111 Potassium dicyanoaurate(I)
103 Uranyl acetate
101 Mercury(II) acetate
98 Mercury(II) chloride
85 Ethylmercurythiosalicylate (EMTS)
82 Potassium tetraiodomercurate(II)
81 para -Chloromercuriobenzenesulfonate (PCMBS)
75 Trimethyllead(IV) acetate
73 Potassium pentafluorooxyuranate(VI)
73 Phosphatotris(ethylmercury)
61 Potassium tetranitritoplatinum(II)
60 Uranyl nitrate
58 Potassium tetracyanoplatinum(II)
57 Dichlorodiammineplatinum(II)
51 Potassium hexachloroplatinum(IV)
51 Methylmercury chloride
44 Potassium tetrachloroaurate(III)
42 para -Chloromercurybenzoate (PCMB)
39 Lead(II) acetate