>
> When running this code no errors are thrown but the molecule seems to
> empty (molwt is zero).
> Can anyone tell if this is a problem with OBabel or with the CIF files
> that have been generated?
>
This CIF file is weird. I tried loading it in CCDC Mercury, which I
consider the “gold standard
I'm finding that OBabel 3.1.1 seems to be unable to handle some CIF files
that have been generated by ACEDRG (
https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/murshudov/content/acedrg/acedrg.html).
One such file is attached.
When running this code no errors are thrown but the molecule seems to empty
(molwt i