checkCIF procedure
PLAT413
PLAT413 Type_2 Test for short non-bonding inter H..H contacts (involving XH3)
Short intermolecular H..H contacts may indicate incorrectly determined structures (i.e. wrong symmetry, missed translation symmetry, wrong position with reference to the symmetry elements, hydrogen atoms on atoms where there should not be any etc..). Short intermolecular contacts may be indicative for inconsistent symmetry data (e.g. coordinates for space-group P43 and symmetry specified as P41 or P21/n & P21/c confusions). Short contacts are defined using a van der Waals radius of 1.2 Angstrom. Short H .. H contact involving CH3 H-atoms are often hampered by the fact that they involve H atoms at not optimal calculated positions.

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