Acetic formic anhydride a review

If an electron beam is crossed by a molecular jet, the electrons are scattered (Fig 1) At some distance from the scattering center (the nozzle, Fig 1) one can observe the scattering pattern, a system of concentric rings (Fig 2) These rings have varying intensities The intensity distribution is a function of the structure of the scattering molecules This is the basis of electron diffraction as a tool of structural chemistry

A. Boogaard

Papers

An electron diffraction investigation of the molecular structure of formic anhydride