Towards design strategies for anion-π interactions in crystal engineering
For well over half a century part of the scientific community has been committed to understanding and predicting how molecules recognize each other. This subject of unceasing interest, 'supramolecular chemistry', relies on the understanding of noncovalent interactions. Among the noncovalen...
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| Published in | CrystEngComm Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 1 - 23 |
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| Main Authors | , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.01.2016
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| Summary: | For well over half a century part of the scientific community has been committed to understanding and predicting how molecules recognize each other. This subject of unceasing interest, 'supramolecular chemistry', relies on the understanding of noncovalent interactions. Among the noncovalent forces, the anion-π interaction has attracted increasing attention ever since its inception about two decades ago. This highlight article first summarizes some of the fundamental aspects of this interaction leading to several design strategies. In the main body we highlight some relevant examples that illustrate the viability of these strategies and the importance of anion-π interactions in crystal engineering.
This highlight article summarizes some of the fundamental aspects of the anion-π interaction leading to several design strategies for generating it in solids. In the main body we highlight some relevant examples that illustrate the viability of these strategies and the importance of anion-π interactions in crystal engineering. |
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| Bibliography: | Dr. T. J. Mooibroek obtained his PhD working with Prof. E. Drent and Prof. E. Bouwman on the P2Pd-catalyzed reductive carbonylation of nitroaromatics (Leiden University, the Netherlands). He then joined the group of Prof. A. P. Davis to help develop artificial carbohydrate receptors (Bristol University, United Kingdom). He currently works as a research fellow in Bristol on the development of glucose-responsive insulin with Dr. T. S. Høeg-Jensen (Novo Nordisk) and Prof. A. P. Davis (Bristol University, United Kingdom). Mr. Antonio Bauzá received his degree in Chemistry from the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain) in 2011. After obtaining his master's thesis degree in 2012, he started his PhD working with Prof. A. Frontera. His thesis is devoted to the study from a theoretical perspective of the so-called unconventional noncovalent interactions that involve elements from group IV to VIII. Prof. A. Frontera received his PhD from the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain) in 1994. During this period, he combined theory and experiment to propose a plausible mechanism for the direct lithiation of polyphenolic compounds. Moreover, he studied the mechanism of diotropic reactions. After two years of postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. W. L. Jorgensen (Yale University, USA) in 1995-1996 devoted to the OPLS force field parametrization of carbohydrates, he came back to Spain as a research scientist at the Universitat de les Illes Balears, where he is currently a professor working on the study of noncovalent interactions. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1466-8033 1466-8033 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c5ce01813g |