Structural transformations and stability of benzo[a]pyrene under high pressure.
Zhou, Wenju; Aslandukov, Andrey; Minchenkova, Anastasiia; Hanfland, Michael; Dubrovinsky, Leonid; Dubrovinskaia, Natalia; IUCrJ 12 (2025) –; doi:10.1107/S2052252524010455

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_publ_section_title
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 Structural transformations and stability of benzo[a]pyrene under high
 pressure.
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List of Runs (angles in degrees, time in seconds):

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CrysAlisPro 1.171.42.49 (Rigaku Oxford Diffraction, 2022)
Empirical absorption correction using spherical harmonics,
implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm.
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1. Fixed Uiso
 At 1.2 times of:
  All C(H) groups
2. Uiso/Uaniso restraints and constraints
Uanis(C11) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C63) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C53) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C1)
\\sim Ueq, Uanis(C13) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C71) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C47) \\sim Ueq,
Uanis(C9) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C7) \\sim Ueq: with sigma of 0.01 and sigma for
terminal atoms of 0.02
Uanis(C59) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C39) \\sim Ueq: with sigma of 0.02 and sigma for
terminal atoms of 0.04
Uanis(C51) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C67) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C65) \\sim Ueq, Uanis(C33)
\\sim Ueq: with sigma of 0.04 and sigma for terminal atoms of 0.08
3.a Aromatic/amide H refined with riding coordinates:
 C25(H25), C27(H27), C29(H29), C31(H31), C33(H33), C35(H35), C37(H37),
 C39(H39), C41(H41), C43(H43), C49(H49), C51(H51), C57(H57), C59(H59), C61(H61),
  C63(H63), C65(H65), C67(H67), C69(H69), C71(H71), C73(H73), C75(H75),
 C77(H77), C79(H79)
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_oxdiff_exptl_absorpt_empirical_details
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Empirical correction (ABSPACK) includes:
- Absorption correction using spherical harmonics
- Frame scaling
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