New software, OLEX2, has been developed for the determination, visualization and analysis of molecular crystal structures. The software has a portable mouse-driven workflow-oriented and fully comprehensive graphical user interface for structure solution, refinement and report generation, as well as novel tools for structure analysis. OLEX2 seamlessly links all aspects of the structure solution, refinement and publication process and presents them in a single workflow-driven package, with the ultimate goal of producing an application which will be useful to both chemists and crystallographers.

OLEX2: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program

The category Computer Program Abstracts provides a rapid means of communicating up-to-date information concerning both new programs or systems and signi®cant updates to existing ones. Following normal submission, a Computer Program Abstract will be reviewed by one or two members of the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Computing. It should not exceed 500 words in length and should follow the standard format given on page 189 of the June 1985 issue of the Journal [J. Appl. Cryst. (1985). 18, 189± 190] and on the World Wide Web at http://www.iucr. org/journals/jac/software/. Lists of software presented and/or reviewed in the Journal of Applied Crystallography are available on the World Wide Web at the above address, together with information about the availability of the software where this is known.

WinGX suite for small-molecule single-crystal crystallography

The WinGX suite provides a complete set of programs for the treatment of small-molecule single-crystal diffraction data, from data reduction and processing, structure solution, model refinement and visualization, and metric analysis of molecular geometry and crystal packing, to final report preparation in the form of a CIF. It includes several well known pieces of software and provides a repository for programs when the original authors no longer wish to, or are unable to, maintain them. It also provides menu items to execute external software, such as the SIR and SHELX suites of programs. The program ORTEP for Windows provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for the classic ORTEP program, which is the original software for the illustration of anisotropic displacement ellipsoids. The GUI code provides input capabilities for a wide variety of file formats, and extra functionality such as geometry calculations and ray-traced outputs. The programs WinGX and ORTEP for Windows have been distributed over the internet for about 15 years, and this article describes some of the more modern features of the programs.

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WinGX and ORTEP for Windows: an update

SIR97 is the integration of two programs, SIR92 and CAOS, the first devoted to the solution of crystal structures by direct methods, the second to refinement via least-squares–Fourier procedures. Several new features have been introduced in SIR97 with respect to the previous version, SIR92: greater automatization, increased efficiency of the direct methods section, and a powerful graphics interface. The program also provides publication tables and CIF files.

SIR97: a new tool for crystal structure determination and refinement

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SIRPOW.92 – a program for automatic solution of crystal structures by direct methods optimized for powder data

SIR92 – a program for automatic solution of crystal structures by direct methods

An automatic procedure for recovering a complete crystal structure after a direct phasing process is described. The procedure consists mainly of a Fourier recycling method that can be implemented in any direct-methods package. The residual R value attained at the end of the process provides an estimate of the degree of success of the structure determination. The procedure can also be applied using a small molecular fragment as prior information. The procedure has been implemented into SIR92, the successor to SIR88.

Completion and refinement of crystal structures with SIR92

EXPO2013, the heir of EXPO2009, has been enriched by a variety of new algorithms and graphical tools aiming at strengthening the individual steps of the powder structure solution pathway. Particular attention has been addressed to the procedures devoted to improving structural models provided by direct methods in ab initio approaches. In addition, a new procedure has been implemented, working in direct space, which may be chosen by the user as an alternative to the traditional simulated annealing algorithm.

Angela Altomare

Papers

SIR97: a new tool for crystal structure determination and refinement

SIRPOW.92 – a program for automatic solution of crystal structures by direct methods optimized for powder data

SIR92 – a program for automatic solution of crystal structures by direct methods

Completion and refinement of crystal structures with SIR92

EXPO2013: a kit of tools for phasing crystal structures from powder data