Core dictionary (coreCIF) version 2.3.1

Category GEOM

Definition:

   Data items in the GEOM and related (GEOM_ANGLE,
   GEOM_BOND, GEOM_CONTACT, GEOM_HBOND and GEOM_TORSION)
   categories record details about the molecular and crystal
   geometry as calculated from the ATOM,
   CELL and SYMMETRY data.

   Geometry data are usually redundant, in that they can be
   calculated from other more fundamental quantities in the data
   block. However, they serve the dual purposes of providing a
   check on the correctness of both sets of data and of enabling
   the most important geometric data to be identified for
   publication by setting the appropriate publication flag.

 
        _geom_special_details
    ;  All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between
       two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance
       matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually
       in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and
       torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell
       parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal
       symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell
       esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes.
    ;

Type: null

Category: category_overview