title: Anharmonic motion in experimental charge density investigations.
abstract: In the charge density study of 9-diphenylthiophosphinoylanthracene the thermal motion of several atoms needed an anharmonic description via Gram-Charlier coefficients even for data collected at 15 K. As several data sets at different temperatures were measured, this anharmonic model could be proved to be superior to a disorder model. Refinements against theoretical data showed the resemblance of an anharmonic model and a disorder model with two positions very close to each other (~0.2 Å), whereas these two models could be clearly distinguished if the second position is 0.5 Å apart. The refined multipole parameters were distorted when the anharmonic motion was not properly refined. Therefore, this study reveals the importance of detecting and properly handling anharmonic motion. Unrefined anharmonic motion leads to typical shashlik-like residual density patterns. Therefore, careful analysis of the residual density and the derived probability density function after the refinement of the Gram-Charlier coefficients proved to be the most useful tools to indicate the presence of anharmonic motion.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. rherbst@shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herbst-Irmer
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henn
authors.forename: Julian J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Holstein
authors.forename: Christian B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hübschle
authors.forename: Birger
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dittrich
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kratzert
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stalke
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009038:Motion; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds