Periodic Hirshfeld Atom Refinement.

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Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
41758498
Abstract
Hirshfeld Atom Refinement (HAR) is a quantum crystallographic method for analyzing single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, providing accurate and precise structural parameters. Despite its success in predicting hydrogen-atom parameters, the application of HAR is fundamentally limited to molecular crystals. Inspired by two recently developed HAR versions that employ periodic-boundary conditions, here we introduce a new variant of periodic HAR (pHAR) that is applicable to any periodic-network structure while remaining compatible with conventional HAR by using atom-centered Gaussian orbitals with a Bloch wave formalism. pHAR was tested against high-quality single-crystal diffraction data for boranes and borates comprising N-H and B-H bonds in different chemical environments. The results demonstrate a close agreement of X-H bond lengths with reference data from neutron-diffraction experiments with improved precision. Using pHAR, this study has nearly doubled the previously available body of reliable experimental structural data on B-H bonds.
Date Issued
2026-03-19
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
Language(s)
en
Author(s)
Jayatilaka, Dylan
Genoni, Alessandro
Mebs, Stefan
Lentz, Dieter
Churakov, Sergey V
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Journal
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Publisher
American Chemical Society
ISSN
1948-7185
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open.access
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