checkCIF procedure
PLAT732
PLAT732 Type_1 Test for consistency of Angles and Coordinates in CIF s.u.'s
A large ratio of the reported and calculated bond angle s.u.'s is found. This check should warn for erroneous rounding: E.g. 105.5(19) to 105.5(2) or 105.0(5) to 105(5) etc. Note: Large differences are possible when certain constraints/restraints were applied in the refinement (e.g. the FLAT option in SHELXL97). Note_1: s.u.'s on the unit-cell dimensions are taken into account in the calculation of expected s.u.'s. This may result in large differences between expected and reported s.u.'s when this contribution is not included in the reported s.u.'s, in particular for inaccurate unit-cells. Note_2: Another source for the discrepancy between calculated and reported s.u.'s can be that the validation software has access only to the variances of the refined parameters as opposed to the full co-variance matrix used by e.g. SHELXL for the calculation of derived parameters with associated s.u.'s. Constrained/restrained refinement may cause large co-variances.