Extended halogen bonding between fully fluorinated aromatic molecules

S Kawai, A Sadeghi, F Xu, L Peng, A Orita, J Otera…

Index: Matsuo, Daisuke; Yang, Xin; Hamada, Akiko; Morimoto, Kyo; Kato, Takuji; Yahiro, Masayuki; Adachi, Chihaya; Orita, Akihiro; Otera, Junzo Chemistry Letters, 2010 , vol. 39, # 12 p. 1300 - 1302

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Abstract

Halogen bonding is a noncovalent interaction where an electrophilic cap on a halogen atom, the so-called σ-hole, attracts a nucleophilic site on an adjacent molecule. The polarizability of halogens relates to the strength of the σ-hole, and accordingly the halogen ...