Experimental investigation of halogen-bond hard-soft acid-base complementarity

• Published in: Acta crystallographica Section B, Structural science, crystal engineering and materials Vol. 73; no. Pt 2; p. 203
• Main Authors: Riel, Asia Marie S, Jessop, Morly J, Decato, Daniel A, Massena, Casey J, Nascimento, Vinicius R, Berryman, Orion B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Acids; Anions - chemistry; Chemical bonds; Crystal structure; Crystallization; Crystallography; Dimethylformamide - chemistry; Dimethylformamide - metabolism; Experiments; Halogens - chemistry; Hydrogen Bonding; Iodides - chemistry; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; NMR titration; halogen bonding; anion recognition; hard–soft acid–base

The halogen bond (XB) is a topical noncovalent interaction of rapidly increasing importance. The XB employs a `soft' donor atom in comparison to the `hard' proton of the hydrogen bond (HB). This difference has led to the hypothesis that XBs can form more favorable interactions with `soft&#...