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A sample ORTEP input file
to accompany ORTEP for Quantum Chemists
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This and several other similar images were published in P. Pyykkö and T. Tamm, Organometallics, 1998, 17, 4842-4852. Larger examples of similar images are available in T. Tamm and P. Pyykkö, Theor. Chem. Acc, 2000, 103, 399-408.



Sample input for pentakis(phosphineaurio)carbon (+1) cation.
1 1.0      1.0      1.0     90.0     90.0     90.0
1 x,y,z
  C                          0.00102  0.17199  0.00000        2
   0.3000                                                     7
  Au                         0.00033  0.50116  2.00659        2
   0.4000                                                     7
  Au                        -2.00841  0.49933  0.00000        2
   0.4000                                                     7
  Au                         0.00033  0.50116 -2.00659        2
   0.4000                                                     7
  Au                         2.01624  0.47819  0.00000        2
   0.4000                                                     7
  Au                        -0.01706 -1.82030  0.00000        2
   0.4000                                                     7
  P                          0.03699  0.80681  4.28622        2
   0.3200                                                     7
  P                         -4.28715  0.81276  0.00000        2
   0.3200                                                     7
  P                          0.03699  0.80681 -4.28622        2
   0.3200                                                     7
  P                          4.29750  0.76920  0.00000        2
   0.3200                                                     7
  P                         -0.03764 -4.15283  0.00000        2
   0.3200                                                     7
                             0.07312  2.14051  4.76463        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                            -4.76106  2.14844  0.00000        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                             0.07312  2.14051 -4.76463        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                             4.78467  2.10012  0.00000        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                            -1.04190  0.29077  5.04754        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                            -5.03366  0.27646 -1.07957        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                             1.13210  0.27223 -5.01062        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                             5.03884  0.22541  1.07939        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                            -1.04190  0.29077 -5.04754        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                            -5.03366  0.27646  1.07957        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                             1.13210  0.27223  5.01062        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                             5.03884  0.22541 -1.07939        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                             1.10177 -4.78296  0.00000        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                            -0.62012 -4.77080  0.98927        2
   0.2400                                                     7
                            -0.62012 -4.77080 -0.98927        2
1  0.2400                                                     7
#234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890 234567890
# Start plotting. You may track columns using the comment line above
      201
# The "301" controls paper size and view distance in inches
#     301  xmax      ymax   viewdist margin
      301   8.0       8.0     25.0      0.5
# Say which atoms (usually, all) do we want to plot. 55501 is the std suffix here
#     401   FROM--   TO----   FROM--   TO----   FROM--   TO----
      401   155501 -2655501
# Rotation. You will most likely want to modify that afterwards.
# 1 is x,   2 is y,  3 is z
#     502     axis    angle     axis    angle     axis    angle
      502        3    180.0        2     20.0        1     30.0
# Auto centering; scale in inches per Angstrom.
      603                       0.5
# Data for removing hidden lines (same as for 802)
  2  1001
          1 11  1 26  3   1.30  2.45  0.05
# Plot the atoms. You may want to modify locations and sizes for labels.
#     701                                      lbl sz   lbl x    lbl y
  1   704                                       0.26     0.12    0.0
                                   1        1        0
#                             FROM--   TO----        T
  1   704                                       0.26     0.00    0.0
                                   2        6        0
#                             FROM--   TO----        T
  1   704                                       0.26     0.12    0.0
                                   7       26        0
#                             FROM--   TO----        T
# Plot the bonds. You may want to adjust the numbers to suit your style.
# Same values go to 1001 above.
  2   802
          1 11  1 26  3   1.30  2.45  0.05
# X       f  t  f  t tp  dmin  dmax radiu lblhg displ nplht dislp  dgts
# Terminate plotting
      202
       -1


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