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Rebuttal to the article Pathological crystal structures. H. Chen, M. M. Olmstead & R. H. Fish (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 254-257. 
Crystal structure of the cytotoxic macrocyclic trichothecene Isororidin A. M. A. Asmaey, D. A. Kalofolias, M.-D. Charavgi, I. R. Abdel-Rahim, E. D. Chrysina & D. Abatis (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 407-411. 
How to use DIALS to process chemical crystallography 3D ED rotation data from pixel array detectors. A. Vypritskaia, X. Zou, T. Yang & D. G. Waterman (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 1-13. 
Synthesis and characterization of coumarin-derived sulfur analogues using Lawesson's reagent. N. Mama, S. Schoeman, L. Myburgh & E. C. Hosten (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 170-180. 
Standards for MicroED. J. Unge, B. L. Nannenga, A. G. Oliver & T. Gonen (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 376-390. 
How to grow crystals for X-ray crystallography. R. D. Sommer (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 337-342. 
Single-crystal structure of the spicy capsaicin. M. Lozinšek (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 188-192. 
Fast event-based electron counting for small-mol­ecule structure determination by MicroED. N. Vlahakis, S. Qu, L. S. Richards, L. S. de Moraes, D. Cascio, H. M. Nelson & J. A. Rodriguez (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 116-130. 
A good-practice guide to solving and refining mol­ecular organic crystal structures from laboratory powder X-ray diffraction data. E. Kabova, M. Mersiyanova, K. Shankland, N. Shankland & M. Spillman (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 559-569. 
Crystallographic and physicochemical characterization of salcaprozoic acid: a structural basis for SNAC-enabled drug delivery systems. P. Roy, P. G. Waddell, R. Dey & O. N. Kavanagh (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 607-613. 
Charge-enhanced pyri­dyl tri­fluoro­borate organocatalysts: crystal structures and reactivity. A. Lovstedt, S. H. Dempsey & S. Kass (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 8-26. 
Occupational modulation in the (3+1)-dimensional incommensurate structure of (2S,3S)-2-amino-3-hy­droxy-3-methyl-4-phen­oxy­butanoic acid dihydrate. K. M. Sanders, S. K. Bruffy, A. R. Buller, V. Petříček & I. A. Guzei (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 523-533. 
On the importance of crystal structures for organic thin film transistors. G. Schweicher, S. Das, R. Resel & Y. Geerts (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 601-611. 
Salt forms of amides: protonation of acetanilide. H. S. Jaconelli & A. R. Kennedy (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 514-522. 
Structural and biological aspects of (tert-but­oxy­carbonyl­amino)­propyl­phospho­nate derivatives. A. Olczak, A. Trocha, I. E. Głowacka, D. G. Piotrowska, I. Korona-Głowniak, K. Suśniak, M. Zaborowski & M. Szczesio (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 116-122. 
Structural adaptability and hy­dro­gen bonding in a dissymmetric pyrimidine thio­ether ligand. K. Anoliefo, K. Brown, L. K. Hiscock, P. D. Boyle & L. N. Dawe (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 598-606. 
Mol­ecular and crystal structures of six poly(arylsulfin­yl)- and poly(aryl­sulfan­yl)fer­ro­cenes. T. Blockhaus & K. Sünkel (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 716-727. 
TAAM refinement on high-resolution experimental and simulated 3D ED/MicroED data for organic mol­ecules. A. Kumar, K. K. Jha, B. Olech, T. Goral, M. Malinska, K. Woźniak & P. M. Dominiak (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 264-277. 
Structural insights into transition-metal–amino­diphosphine (PNP) com­plexes bearing [MCln(PNP)2] (M = Co, Ru, Cr or Mo; n = 1 or 2) cores in the solid state. S. J. Zamisa, A. A. Adeleke, D. Naicker, H. B. Friedrich & B. Omondi (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 694-701. 
Methods in mol­ecular photocrystallography. L. E. Hatcher, M. R. Warren & P. R. Raithby (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 585-600. 
The influence of the axial group on the crystal structures of boron sub­phthalo­cy­an­ines. R. Zigelstein, A. J. Lough & T. P. Bender (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 658-680. 
Rb2Ca2Si2O7: a new alkali alkaline-earth silicate based on [Si2O7]6− anions. V. Kahlenberg (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 146-155. 
Structure and optical properties of a trimetallic cobalt–molybdenum–sodium metal–organic framework. B. J. Moore, J. P. Tidey, C. I. Hiley & R. I. Walton (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 102-109. 
Structural investigations of benzoyl fluoride and the benzoacyl cation of low-melting com­pounds and reactive inter­mediates. V. Bockmair, M. Regnat, H. K. T. Tran & A. J. Kornath (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 93-101. 
Polymorphism in a secondary phosphine. M. Liu, K. Izod & P. G. Waddell (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 109-113. 
3D electron diffraction studies of synthetic rhabdophane (DyPO4·nH2O). E. C. Duran, M. R. Rafiuddin, Y. Shen, S. A. Hunt, A. H. Mir & A. S. Eggeman (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 612-619. 
Structure of L-arginine and detection of trace DL-arginine by 3D ED. K. P. Khakurel & S. Mahmoudi (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 391-396. 
Good data with `bad' reflections: the employment of non-spherical scattering factors in the redetermination of the structure of O-ethyl N-phenyl­carbamate. P. G. Jones (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 455-461. 
Protonated deca­fluoro­benzo­phenone and the deca­fluoro­benzo­phenone–arsenic penta­fluoride adduct. E. Uran & M. Lozinšek (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 577-583. 
Crystal structure elucidation of a geminal and vicinal bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate) ester. T. Pickl, J. Zuber, J. Stephan & A. Pöthig (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 278-283. 
Na[GeF5]·2HF: the first quarternary phase in the H–Na–Ge–F system. V. Bockmair, C. Hoch, I. Schusterbauer & A. J. Kornath (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 401-406. 
Structures and electronic properties of cobalt(II) selone coordination com­plexes. S. M. Purcell, E. W. Reinheimer & J. S. Ritch (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 718-722. 
The disordered structure of sparsentan: energy calculations for com­peting chain con­for­mations. T. Gelbrich, K. Saršüns & D. E. Braun (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 530-538. 
Exploration of the structure and inter­actions of 4-(di­methyl­amino)-3-methyl­phenyl N-methyl­car­bam­ate (Aminocarb). O. Akerele & A. Lemmerer (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 310-318. 
Concerning the structures of Lewis base adducts of titanium(IV) hexa­fluoro­iso­pro­pox­ide. W. G. Van Der Sluys (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 562-566. 
Syn- and anti-rotamers of the ortho-stereoisomer [Pt{(o-BrC6F4)N(CH2)2NEt2}Cl(py)]. R. Ojha, A. M. Bond, P. C. Junk & G. B. Deacon (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 513-518. 
Synthesis, structure and blue-light emission of a zero-dimensional zinc halide with the 4-(4-chloro­phen­yl)pyridinium cation. T. Li & H.-R. Fu (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 462-466. 
The crystal structure of the ammonium salt of 2-amino­malonic acid. D. Hollenwäger, A. Nitzer, V. Bockmair & A. J. Kornath (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 291-296. 
Weak hy­dro­gen bonding in the structures of three double-acyl­ated amino­anti­pyrines. L. Mardiana, A. B. A. Abdali, M. J. Hall, H. H. A. Mamari & P. G. Waddell (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 687-693. 
Synthesis, spectroscopic and crystallographic characterization of various cymantrenyl thio­ethers [Mn{C5HxBry(SMe)z}(PPh3)(CO)2]. C. Klein-Hessling, T. Blockhaus & K. Sünkel (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 383-393. 
Room-tem­per­a­ture crystal structures of [CH(NH2)2]3Sb2X9 (X = Br and I). P. Bhatt, Y. Liu, A. Regoutz & R. G. Palgrave (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 138-143. 
Concomitant colour polymorphs of (Z)-N-(4-fluoro­phen­yl)-2-oxo­propane­hydrazonoyl chloride. L. Müller, R. Goddard, P. Frohberg & R. W. Seidel (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 481-487. 
Crystal structures and thermogravimetric analyses of six CuCN net­work structures with protonated N-alkyl­ethano­lamines as guest cations. P. W. R. Corfield, A. Carlson, G. J. Contrera, N. Eisha, E. Faisal, D. J. Garcia & N. R. Gencarelli (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 584-595. 
Protonated oxalyl chloride and the ClCO+ cation. S. Steiner, K. Djordjevic, V. Bockmair, D. Hollenwäger & A. J. Kornath (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 792-797. 
Racemic mimics. Part 1. Nickel coordination com­pounds. I. Bernal & R. A. Lalancette (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 181-187. 
On the de­pro­ton­ation of chloro­thia­zide. R. K. H. Brydson, M. L. Gray, A. R. Kennedy, B. C. O'Hara, M. W. Reid & I. Ugbolue (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 102-108. 
Ce, Gd and Yb accumulation in microalgae: an L-edge XAS study. M. Plouviez, K. Wolmarans, B. Guieysse, A. M. E. Matinong, O. Buwalda, V. Mitchell, P. Ramkissoon, P. Kappen & R. G. Haverkamp (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 504-512. 
Formation of a di­iron–(μ-η1:η1-CN) com­plex from aceto­nitrile solution. T. P. Schlachta, M. J. Sauer, L. F. Richter & F. E. Kühn (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 534-537. 
The cleavage of indinavir sulfate: synthesis and characterization of a cis-1-amino-2-indanol salt. T. M. L. Mokoto, A. Lemmerer, Y. Sayed, K. C. Tapala, I. B. Setshedi & M. G. Smith (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 497-503. 
Salt forms of a thio­amide: protonation of 1-(2,6-di­methyl­phen­yl)thio­urea. K. Donnachie, B. Gibson, A. R. Kennedy, C. MacCall & M. Reid (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 129-137. 
Origin of phase relative stability and phase transformation in an S-ibu­pro­fen–nicotinamide cocrystal. M. Guerain, H. Chevreau, E. Elkaim, Y. Guinet, L. Paccou, F. Danède, A. Hedoux & F. Affouard (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 658-665. 
Coordination variety of phenyl­tetra­zolato and di­methyl­amido ligands in dimeric Ti, Zr, and Ta com­plexes. G. A. Bikzhanova & I. A. Guzei (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 576-583. 
Effect of the size of halide ligands on the crystal structures of halide-bibridged polymers of HgX2 with 4-ethyl­pyridine. B. M. P. Beebeejaun-Boodoo (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 680-686. 
Using cocrystals as a tool to study non-crystallizing mol­ecules: crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis and com­putational study of the 1:1 cocrystal of (E)-N-(3,4-di­fluoro­phen­yl)-1-(pyridin-4-yl)methanimine and acetic acid. A. D. Sánchez-Pacheco, E. H. Huerta, J. B. Espinosa-Camargo, E. V. Rodríguez-Nájera, D. Martínez-Otero, S. Hernández-Ortega & J. Valdés-Martínez (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 343-348. 
Nucleophilic substitution of a phthalimidyl group with morpholine in an N1-methyl-1,2,3-triazole: crystallographic evidence for migration of the methyl­ene bridge. P. R. Palme, R. Goddard, M. Leutzsch, A. Richter, P. Imming & R. W. Seidel (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 144-150. 
Synthesis and structure analysis of a cobalt(III) coordination com­pound obtained from a redox-active phenolate ligand and cobalt(II). C. E. T. Bruzeguini, R. I. Bezerra & M. A. Ribeiro (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 358-364. 
Monoprotonated species of 2-amino­malonyl difluoride, [C3H4F2NO2][H2F3]. D. Hollenwäger, D. Leitz, V. Bockmair & A. J. Kornath (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 77-81. 
Ca(BF4)2·xH2O redefined from powder diffraction as hy­dro­gen-bonded Ca(H2O)4(BF4)2 ribbons. A. Le Bail (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 338-341. 
Electron diffraction in structural chemistry. G. P. A. Yap (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 374-375. 
Crystal clear: the impact of crystal structure in the development of high-performance organic semiconductors. C. J. McHugh (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 696-697. 
The crystal structures of methyl prop-2-ynoate, dimethyl fumarate and their protonated species. D. Hollenwäger, V. Bockmair & A. J. Kornath (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 31-37. 
Solving molecular organic crystal structures from powders. A. N. Fitch (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 596-597. 
Photocrystallography – common or exclusive?. K. N. Jarzembska (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 693-695. 
Revisiting a natural wine salt: calcium (2R,3R)-tar­trate tetra­hydrate. A. Polo, A. Soriano-Jarabo, R. Rodríguez, R. Macías, P. García-Orduña & P. J. Sanz Miguel (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 681-684. 
High-pressure crystal structure of n-hexyl­amine. B. Kuleczka, N. Sacharczuk, A. Olejniczak & M. Podsiadło (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 346-350. 
Two different products from the reaction between 2-formyl­phenyl­boronic acid and benzhydrazide: benzoyl hydrazone versus dimer. J. P. Chakiris, C. J. Sumby, D. A. Brooks, T. D. Ashton & S. M. Hickey (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 55-59. 
Two isotypical disodium salts of the anti­hypertensive agent valsartan. P. A. Buikin, A. A. Korlyukov, P. V. Dorovatovskii & A. V. Vologzhanina (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 1-7. 
An energetic study of differences in crystallization of N-(furan-3-yl)benzamide and N-(thio­phen-3-yl)benzamide. W. H. Pearson, J. J. Urban, A. H. R. MacArthur, S. Lin & M. Mohadjer Beromi (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 539-547. 
3-[(Benzo-1,3-dioxol-5-yl)amino]-4-meth­oxy­cyclo­but-3-ene-1,2-dione: polymorphism and twinning of a precursor to an anti­mycobacterial squaramide. P. R. Palme, R. Goddard, A. Richter, P. Imming & R. W. Seidel (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 375-382. 
An indole–pyridine Schiff base and its cadmium(II) com­plex: crystallographic and biological insights. W. Su & X.-J. Tan (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 32-45. 
Diprotonation of taurine: 2-[dihy­droxy(oxo)sul­fan­ylium­yl]ethanaminium bis[hexa­fluoro­arsenate(V)]. V. Bockmair, A. Klöck, D. Hollenwäger & A. J. Kornath (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 781-786. 
A polymeric form of basic iron(III) acetate with an acetic acid ligand. B. F. Abrahams, R. Robson & C. J. Commons (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 787-791. 
High-pressure synthesis of bilayer nickelate Sr3Ni2O5Cl2 with a tetra­gonal crystal structure. K. Yamane, Y. Matsushita, S. Adachi, T. Hiroto, R. Matsumoto, K. Terashima, H. Sakurai & Y. Takano (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 259-263. 
Hydrogen-bonding inter­actions in the salts 2,4,6-tri­amino­pyrimidin-1-ium sorbate dihydrate, 2,4,6-tri­amino­pyrimidin-1-ium N-phenyl­antharanilate and 2,4,6-tri­amino­pyrimidin-1-ium p-toluene­sulfonate. M. Mohana, S. Gomathi, P. Thomas Muthiah & R. J. Butcher (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 728-733. 
Data collection is your last experiment. T. Gruene (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 262-263. 
Methyl-group effect on the photoluminescence property of a spiro­[fluorene-9,9'-xanthene] derivative: a structural and spectroscopic study. X. Lu, L. Zhou, X. Guo, G. Liu & Y. Pan (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 27-31. 
Crystal structure, supra­molecular architecture and spectroscopic characterization of the Knoevenagel-type indole derivative (2E)-2-(1H-indol-3-yl­methyl­idene)-4,4-dimethyl-3-oxo­penta­nenitrile. M. C. Díaz, E. Torres, R. Le Lagadec, F. Cuenú-Cabezas & J. A. Gómez Castaño (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 702-709. 
Dinuclear zinc(II) acetate com­plexes derived from N,N′,S-tridentate Schiff bases: synthesis, structural study and Hirshfeld surface analysis. O. Anaya-Avila, O. Muñoz-Granados, N. Andrade-López, J. G. Alvarado-Rodríguez & D. Martínez-Otero (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 698-706. 
A personal account of the history of X-ray crystallography at the University of La Plata, Argentina. O. E. Piro (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 14-21. 
A binuclear lithium com­plex based on an ansa-bis­(1-aza­all­yl) ligand: synthesis, structure and catalysis for ring-opening polymerization of ɛ-cap­ro­lac­tone. R.-D. Xue, J. Chen, L. Li, W.-W. Chen, J.-P. Guo, S.-D. Bai & F. Pan (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 710-717. 
A new combination to form a solid solution: a solid solution consisting of a stabilized phenoxyl radical and its meth­oxy analogue. L. Xinwen, J. Yoshino, A. Miyazaki & N. Hayashi (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 46-54. 
The challenges of growing great crystals – or at least good enough ones!. A. J. Blake (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 448-449. 
A hexa­fluoro­acetyl­acetonate–neo­dym­ium(III) com­plex with solvated pyridazine linked by hy­dro­gen bonds. Y. Luo, X. Li, Y. Zou, Y. Wu & Y. Li (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 474-480. 
Transformations of thio­carbonyls into alkenes via Barton–Kellogg olefination. A. Linden, D. H. Egli & H. Heimgartner (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 238-245. 
Visualizing and teaching crystallographic symm­etry using Jmol. D. H. Johnston & R. M. Hanson (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 258-266. 
Synthesis and crystal structures of two cocrystals of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carbo­nitrile with nitro-substituted benzoic acid and phenol. H. Lan, Y. Sun, S. Sun, W. Wang, S. Miao & Y. Zhou (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 519-522. 
Synthesis and characterization of celecoxib peroxide: crystal structure, theoretical analysis, thermochemistry and bond dissociation energy. Y.-H. Ma, X. Liu, Y.-H. Xie, T. Wu, T.-T. Yan, L.-L. Cheng, M.-Q. Yan, H.-Y. Wen, L.-Y. Zhang, W. Xiang & W.-J. Ma (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 488-496. 
Crystal structure of submicron-sized sulfur particles using 3D ED obtained in atmospheric conditions. S. Rahimisheikh, A. Hajizadeh, M. Quintelier, S. Stulens, A. Hardy & J. Hadermann (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 56-63. 
Hydro­chlorides, hydrates, hydro­nitrate, and an unanti­cipated hydrolysis product of famotidine. M. K. C. Weaver, A. G. Oliver & T. L. O. Barstis (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 241-249. 
Experimental and theoretical structural investigation of an ionic Nd coordination polymer. V. F. M. Calisto, H. A. De Abreu & R. Diniz (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 620-626. 
Crystal structures of two pyrrolidin-1-yl derivatives of cathinone: α-PVP and α-D2PV. P. Kuś, J. Kusz, M. Książek & M. Rojkiewicz (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 252-258. 
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and mechanistic implications of (2R*,3R*)-2-(2-phen­oxy­eth­yl)tetra­hydro­furan-3-yl acetate. S. P. Kelley, A. K. Nirpal & S. Sathyamoorthi (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 723-727. 
A developed method of qu­anti­tative phase analysis (QPA) to solve the effect of preferred orientation in phosphate materials. H. Chen, C. Wang & J. Li (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 282-287. 
Crystallographic studies of piperazine derivatives of 5,5-di­methyl­hy­dan­toin in the search for structural features of α1-adrenoreceptors antagonists. E. Żesławska, W. Nitek & J. Handzlik (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 264-272. 
Compounds related to organic Dirac electron systems (ODES) using linear gold(I) com­plex anions. S. Yamamoto & T. Naito (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 570-576. 
Where are the lone pairs? QC and QCT. F. Cortés-Guzmán (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 54-55. 
Luminescence modulation via solvent-triggered single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation in a non-porous mol­ecular crystal. S.-T. Yuan, J.-Y. Ma, Y.-Z. Liu, Y.-Q. Zhou, J.-Y. Cai, Y. Liu, X.-E. Li, J.-Q. Wu, X.-P. Zhou & L.-D. Yu (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 523-529. 
Synthesis, XRD structural analysis and theoretical studies of a potential inhibitor against rheumatoid arthritis (RA). K. Monge-Hoyos, R. Moreno-Fuquen, K. Arango-Daraviña, J. Ellena & P. H. O. Santiago (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 707-715. 
Comprehensive structural analysis of bromine-substituted ferro­cen­yl chalcones. A. Burgos-Suazo, E. G. Ortiz-Muñoz, Y. Rodríguez-Manzano, K. T. Cordero-Giménez, D. M. Piñero-Cruz & I. Montes-González (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 68-80. 
Bonding properties and crystal packing in β-(SeCl4)4 derived from Hirshfeld Atom Refinement. J. de D. Guzmán-Hernández & V. Jancik (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 766-774. 
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