Reciprocal Net

is the primary in-house database!

Use the Reciprocal Net to access your data acquired after July 2000. A username and password are required and are available either from your advisor or from the Director of the X-ray Laboratory. Each group has only one account. The data are hidden from the general public until published.

How to access your structures

A. Login with your name and password.

B. Search for your structures ("Search" link is second from the left). A good starting point would be the first three letters of your advisor's last name entered in the "Sample number" field.

C. Interactive graphics allows one to rotate the molecules and prepare ORTEP, line, and space-fill diagrams. (JaMM2 applett is the most useful and is launched via the "More visualization options" link at the right bottom corner).

D. The links to the relevant files with structural information are at the bottom of the graphics page.

Alternative Secondary Database

All data are also backed up to a file server that contains all structures from the Reciprocal Net and all pre-2000 data. The user name and password are required and are different from those for the Reciprocal Net. The links to file server are tabulated below.

Tip: Sometimes the folder you wish to access won't be displayed as the web site fails to enumerate all the files within the main directory. Refreshing the page may help. If the folder of interest still does not show (but you know its name) you can type it in the path line and the content should display. If this procedure does not help contact Director of the X-ray Laboratory.

Tip: A convenient way to visually examine your structures is by using programs Mercury available free of charge from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre site. If you need to produce an ORTEP drawing of your molecule you may find program ORTEP3 useful.