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Strong interactions between carbones and halogen atomic centers

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: , have all the characteristics of conventional halogen bonds, including an increase in binding energy in the usual Cl < Br < I sequence. For the more powerful Lewis acids, there is a progressively larger degree of displacement of the halogen atom from the Lewis acid to the carbone center, some essentially fully transferred. The dependence of the energetics on the halogen atom reverses for these complexes: Cl > Br > I.

Source: Chemical Science

DOI: 10.1039/d6sc02210c

Authors: Shunhua Li, Hangyu Zhou, Qingzhong Li, Steve Scheiner

Institutions: Yantai University, Utah State University

Language: English

Topic: Crystallography and molecular interactions

Subfield: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province

Awards: G4106418306, G5210660013, G5906684961, Spectroscopic Signature of Noncovalent Bonds