International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume G
Definition and exchange of crystallographic data
Edited by J. R. Hester and B. McMahon

International Tables for Crystallography (2026). Vol. G. Early view chapter
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060001011

Chapter 4.2 Core dictionary (coreCIF)


Index

Core dictionary version 3.3.0

_geom_contact.distance

Name:
_geom_contact.distance

Aliases:

_geom_contact_distance
_geom_contact.dist

Definition:

   
    The intermolecular distance between the listed sites.

Type: Real

Units: angstroms


The permitted range is 0.0 → infinity

Evaluation method:

    With c as geom_contact

    xc = List()

    For [label,symop] in  [[ c.atom_site_label_1, c.site_symmetry_1 ],
                           [ c.atom_site_label_2, c.site_symmetry_2 ]] {

        xf   =   SymEquiv(symop, _atom_site[label].fract_xyz)

        xc ++=  _atom_sites_Cartn_transform.matrix * xf
    }
    _geom_contact.distance =  Norm ( xc[0] - xc[1] )

Category:
geom_contact








































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