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ISOSTERIC organic compounds, that is, compounds differing only in the nature of one more atom or substituent groups, often crystallize in quite different lattices. Using the older X-ray techniques, knowledge of the crystal structure of one member of an isosteric pair may thus be of little help in solving the structure of the other member; but the new Fourier transform techniques1 allow the investigator to take full advantage of such a situation. This is especially easy if the molecules happen to be planar and centrosymmetric, or if they associate to form centrosymmetric groups.
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GIACOMELLO, G., LIQUORI, A. & RIPAMONTI, A. Isosterism and Molecular Fourier Transform : Crystal Structure Determination of 2-4-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid as related to that of 2-Hydroxy-4-aminobenzoic Acid. Nature 177, 944–945 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177944a0
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