Hi Faisal, Take a look at Marjorie Harding's website
http://tanna.bch.ed.ac.uk Loads of information there. Hth, Dave Dr David C Briggs PhD http://about.me/david_briggs On 17 Apr 2014 21:16, "Faisal Tarique" <faisaltari...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all > > Can anybody please explain what is the classical metal ion coordination > for Mg2+, Ca+ and Na+ with Oxygen atom and the average distance with these > metal ions..does the distance vary with the type of metal ion and its > coordination with oxygen atom..what is the best way to identify the correct > metal ion in the electron density in the vicinity of negatively charged > molecule mostly oxygen containing molecule..In one of my paper the reviewer > has asked me to check whether the octahedrally coordinated Mg+ is Ca+ > ion..and similarly raised doubt about the identity of the Na+ ion as > well..his argument was based on metal ion to oxygen distance..I am > attaching the figure with this mail..i request you to please shed some > light on this area and help me in clearing some doubts regarding this. > > -- > Regards > > Faisal > School of Life Sciences > JNU > >