Transition metal catalysis controlled by hydrogen bonding in the second coordination sphere

JNH Reek, B de Bruin, S Pullen, TJ Mooibroek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable
processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are …

The nature of hydrogen bonds: A delineation of the role of different energy components on hydrogen bond strengths and lengths

SCC Van der Lubbe… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen bonds are a complex interplay between different energy components, and their
nature is still subject of an ongoing debate. In this minireview, we therefore provide an …

Hydrogen bond design principles

LJ Karas, CH Wu, R Das, JIC Wu - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen bonding principles are at the core of supramolecular design. This overview
features a discussion relating molecular structure to hydrogen bond strengths, highlighting …

How the Chalcogen Atom Size Dictates the Hydrogen‐Bond Donor Capability of Carboxamides, Thioamides, and Selenoamides

C Nieuwland, C Fonseca Guerra - Chemistry–A European …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The amino groups of thio‐and selenoamides can act as stronger hydrogen‐bond donors
than of carboxamides, despite the lower electronegativity of S and Se. This phenomenon …

Understanding chemistry with the symmetry‐decomposed Voronoi deformation density charge analysis

C Nieuwland, P Vermeeren… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The symmetry‐decomposed Voronoi deformation density (VDD) charge analysis is an
insightful and robust computational tool to aid the understanding of chemical bonding …

Cocrystals; basic concepts, properties and formation strategies

S Khan, M Zahoor, MU Rahman, Z Gul - Zeitschrift für Physikalische …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Cocrystallization is an old technique and remains the focus of several research groups
working in the field of Chemistry and Pharmacy. This technique is basically in field for …

Secondary electrostatic interaction model revised: Prediction comes mainly from measuring charge accumulation in hydrogen-bonded monomers

SCC Van Der Lubbe, F Zaccaria, X Sun… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The secondary electrostatic interaction (SEI) model is often used to predict and explain
relative hydrogen bond strengths of self-assembled systems. The SEI model oversimplifies …

The role of alkali metal cations in the stabilization of guanine quadruplexes: why K+ is the best

F Zaccaria, G Paragi, CF Guerra - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The alkali metal ion affinity of guanine quadruplexes has been studied using dispersion-
corrected density functional theory (DFT-D). We have done computational investigations in …

The nature of resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds: A quantum chemical topology perspective

JM Guevara-Vela, E Romero-Montalvo… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Resonance Assisted Hydrogen Bonds (RAHBs) are particularly strong H-Bonds (HBs) which
are relevant in several fields of chemistry. The traditional explanation for the occurrence of …

Nature of intramolecular resonance assisted hydrogen bonding in malonaldehyde and its saturated analogue

AA Grosch, SCC van der Lubbe… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The nature of resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds (RAHB) is still subject of an ongoing
debate. We therefore analyzed the σ and π charge redistributions associated with the …