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X-ray constrained wavefunctions based on Hirshfeld atoms. I. Method and review
Max L Davidson1, Simon Grabowsky2, Dylan Jayatilaka1
1School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Western Australia, Australia.
Abstract:
The X-ray constrained wavefunction (XCW) procedure for obtaining an experimentally reconstructed wavefunction from X-ray diffraction data is reviewed. The two-center probability distribution model used to perform nuclear-position averaging in the original paper [Grimwood & Jayatilaka (2001). Acta Cryst. A57, 87-100] is carefully distinguished from the newer one-center probability distribution model. In the one-center model, Hirshfeld atoms are used, and the Hirshfeld atom based X-ray constrained wavefunction (HA-XCW) procedure is described for the first time, as well as its efficient implementation. In this context, the definition of the related X-ray wavefunction refinement (XWR) method is refined. The key halting problem for the XCW method - the procedure by which one determines when overfitting has occurred - is named and work on it reviewed.
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