What is the covalency of hydrogen bonding?

SJ Grabowski - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonding is an important interaction playing a key role in chemical, physical, and
biochemical processes. 1-4 One can mention numerous examples such as the role of …

Interrelation between H-bond and Pi-electron delocalization

L Sobczyk, SJ Grabowski, TM Krygowski - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
Among many various kinds of molecular interactions, the H-bond has a special position. The
term is ubiquitous in the world that surrounds us, but also it is often applied in different ways …

Characterization of a dihydrogen bond on the basis of the electron density

PLA Popelier - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 1998 - ACS Publications
A new type of hydrogen bond, called a dihydrogen bond, has recently been introduced. In
this bond a hydrogen is donated to another (hydridic) hydrogen. We apply a set of criteria …

Dihydrogen bonding: structures, energetics, and dynamics

R Custelcean, JE Jackson - Chemical Reviews, 2001 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonding occupies a prominent position in modern chemistry. 1 It is fundamental
for molecular recognition and supramolecular synthesis and holds a central role in biology …

Carbene stabilization of highly reactive main-group molecules

Y Wang, GH Robinson - Inorganic chemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
This article highlights recent efforts of this laboratory in the stabilization of highly reactive,
low-oxidation-state, main-group molecules using bulky N-heterocyclic carbene ligands [L …

Hydrogen and dihydrogen bonds in the reactions of metal hydrides

NV Belkova, LM Epstein, OA Filippov… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The dihydrogen bond an interaction between a transition-metal or main-group hydride (M
H) and a protic hydrogen moiety (H X) is arguably the most intriguing type of hydrogen …

A New Intermolecular Interaction: UnconventionalHydrogen Bonds with Element− Hydride Bonds as ProtonAcceptor

RH Crabtree, PEM Siegbahn… - Accounts of chemical …, 1996 - ACS Publications
This Account describes a new type of intermolecular interaction, the H ‚‚‚H or dihydrogen
bond, which operates between a conventional hydrogen bond donor such as an NH or OH …

Ab initio calculations on conventional and unconventional hydrogen bonds study of the hydrogen bond strength

SJ Grabowski - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2001 - ACS Publications
Different measures of H-bond strength based on X− H proton donating bond properties and
on parameters of H⊙⊙⊙ Y distance (Y− proton acceptor within X− H⊙⊙⊙ YH bridges) are …

A proton-switchable bifunctional ruthenium complex that catalyzes nitrile hydroboration

JB Geri, NK Szymczak - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015 - ACS Publications
A new bifunctional pincer ligand framework bearing pendent proton-responsive hydroxyl
groups was prepared and metalated with Ru (II) and subsequently isolated in four discrete …

Properties of the C− H⊙⊙⊙ H dihydrogen bond: an ab initio and topological analysis

P Lipkowski, SJ Grabowski, TL Robinson… - The Journal of …, 2004 - ACS Publications
The dihydrogen-bonded complexes of methane and its fluoro and chloro derivatives with
lithium hydride are analyzed using ab initio methods as well as the Bader theory. All …