New achievements in X-ray techniques in the investigations of catalysts

In recent years great progress has been observed in the field of structure solution from powder data. Structures as complex as 20–30 atoms in an asymmetric unit are solved almost routinely in the semiautomatic black box mode, useful for non-crystallographers. In this paper, as an example of investigations which may be of interest for catalysis, an ab initio structure solution of 1,3-phenylenediammonium trimolybdate, solved by a combination of novel XRPD methods, is presented.