checkCIF procedure
PLAT850
PLAT850 Type_4 Test for BASF/TWIN problem in SHELXL
This G_ALERT can be ignored in the case that the so-called 'on-the-cheap' Flack parameter is reported as determined with SHELXL. Exactly zero values are possible but may also be a software artefact. The following should be checked: Problem #1: Some SHELXL97 versions do not allow negative values of the Flack parameter when determined using the BASF/TWIN instructions. Negative values are set to 0.00001. Refinement may not converge completely. Problem #2: Some SHELXL97 versions put meaningless values in the CIF for the Flack parameter when 'TWIN -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 2 / BASF' instructions (i.e. an explicit matrix is specified on the TWIN instruction) are used. Please check the value of BASF (in the list output) against the Flack parameter in the CIF.

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