An X-ray Charge-Density Feasibility Study at 56 keV of Magnesium Formate Dihydrate using a CCD Area Detector

A high-resolution structural study of magnesium formate dihydrate was performed using high-energy synchrotron radiation (0.22 Å) and an X-ray image intensifier/CCD (charge-coupled device) detector. The complete data collection was performed in less than 2 h. The data were treated by two different integration programs and the results are compared. The data quality was sufficiently high to produce good-quality electron difference density maps.