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THERE have been several recent determinations of the absolute configuration of molecules using the anomalous scattering of X-rays by oxygen1–3. In each case, the Bijvoet anomalies, though small, were successfully detected in carefully measured intensity data.
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NEIDLE, S., ROGERS, D. Assignment of Absolute Configuration from Anomalous Dispersion by Oxygen Atoms. Nature 225, 376 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225376a0
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