Actually, if you want to feel really good, I learned (in the context
of optics) that you can resolve two points separated by a distance x
with a diffraction limit of x/0.7, so this means you can start to see
carbon - carbon atomicity at 2.2 Å.
On May 15, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Gloria Borgstahl wrote:
To me, it seems legal to use the words "atomic resolution" once we
are within the carbon-carbon bond length. So I'm agreeing with Dr.
Scott.
Otherwise I'll never get to use the words...
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Re: [ccp4bb] poll: cutoff for "high resolution"
On May 15, 2008, at 10:01 AM, Ed Pozharski wrote:
1.2A (not surprisingly since this is about the length of covalent
bond).
A carbon-carbon single bond is about 1.55 Å.
