1) I am working with two ligands, cyclopropanemethanol and cyclobutanemethanol. The 3 letter code for them CPM and CBM (i thought of using) were assigned to other ligands. Is there any standard procedurre to name them. I would like them to use in Refmac and coot.
while you refine your structure you can call them whatever you like (XXX, ABC, WTF, USA, NSW, ...) as long as it's not already used in the refinement program's dictionary. when you deposit, you have to contact the deposition centre and they will assign a three-letter code
2) How do I convert mtz file to dsn6 (O) format. The google search took me to http://www.imsb.au.dk/~mok/o/o-info/1994/Jan/msg00056.html but there is no answer.
an mtz file contains reflections; dsn6 is a format for electron-density maps. so you will need to calculate a map first and then, if you really want to, you can convert it to dsn6 format (e.g. with mapman or, if you have an ASCII CNS map for instance, using the mapman server, http://xray.bmc.uu.se/cgi-bin/gerard/mapman_server.pl)
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