checkCIF procedure
PLAT432
PLAT432 Type_2 Test for short non-bonding inter X...Y contacts
This test raised an ALERT for short intermolecular contacts. In general, intermolecular contact distances should be not much smaller than the sum of the associated van der Waals Radii. More often than not, such short contacts can be a warning sign for errors. All short contacts should therefore be examined in some detail. Interesting exceptions are carbonyl- carbonyl interactions that often feature short O...C contacts (see Allen et al. (1998) B54, 320-329, short NO2 O...O interactions and BF4(-) to (aromatic) carbon contacts.

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