Next: Direct Methods in Action
Up: An Introduction to Direct Methods. The
Previous: The Negative Quartet Relation
In the following table numbers of relations are given together with their percentage of correct indications for triplets, quartets and negative quartets above variable thresholds of respectively the triplet product E3 and a quartet product E*4 (Schenk, 1973). The numbers are given for an aza-steroid with N = 40, in space group .
Triplets | Positive quartets | Negative quartets | |||||
E3 | no. relations | % correct relations | E4 | no. | % | no. | % |
6.0 | 21 | 100 | 6.0 | 185 | 100 | ||
4.0 | 143 | 100 | 4.0 | 1213 | 100 | ||
3.0 | 353 | 100 | 3.0 | 3295 | 100 | 1 | 100 |
2.5 | 583 | 99.8 | 2.5 | 5813 | 99.8 | 2 | 100 |
2.0 | 980 | 99.7 | 2.0 | 10,006 | 99.5 | 17 | 100 |
1.5 | 1823 | 99.2 | 1.5 | 13,114 | 98.8 | 38 | 100 |
1.0 | 3395 | 96.9 | |||||
As can be seen many relations are available to solve this small N = 40 structure. As a rule the number of useful triplets and quartets diminishes as N increases; this effect is quite noticeable for quartets.
One comment regarding the use of negative quartets. If phase relationships such as the triplet relation
are used exclusively and there is no translational symmetry, the trivial solution with all phases = 0 is the most consistent one. To find phases equal to (e.g. in space group ) it is necessary to use relations of the type
Thus relations such as negative quartets (34), although few in number, play an important role in these structure determinations.
Copyright © 1984, 1998 International Union of Crystallography
IUCr Webmaster