Hi Steven, Chimera cannot handle small-molecule CIF files, only macromolecular CIF (mmCIF) files. You could try our ChimeraX program (in particular the 1.6 release candidate) which can handle many small-molecule CIFs. https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/ --Eric Eric Pettersen UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
On Apr 25, 2023, at 6:25 AM, Steven Frey via Chimera-users <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Dear Chimera Team,
I’m unable to open the CIF file for a structure that we had done in 2018 and am getting the error shown on the attached jpeg. I am also attaching the CIF file downloaded from CCSD which comes from our original paper:
Steven T. Frey, Hillary A. Ramirez*, Manpreet Kauer, and Jerry P. Jasinski. “Crystal structure of a seven-coordinate manganese(II) complex with tris(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine (TMPA),” Acta Crystallographica, 2018, E74, 1075-1078. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989018009611 <https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989018009611>.
I’d like to be able to open the file in Chimera so that I can produce an ORTEP drawing for another paper. Can you help me figure out what the problem is?
Thanks, Steve Frey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steven T. Frey Associate Professor
Skidmore College Department of Chemistry 815 North Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Phone: 518-580-5124 Email: sfrey@skidmore.edu <mailto:sfrey@skidmore.edu>
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