Selective activation of chalcogen bonding: An efficient structuring tool toward crystal engineering strategies

A Dhaka, IR Jeon, M Fourmigué - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Among the noncovalent interactions available in the toolbox of crystal
engineering, chalcogen bonding (ChB) has recently entered the growing family of σ-hole …

Osme Bond: Geometric and Energetic Features in the Adducts between OsO4 and Lewis Bases

M Calabrese, A Pizzi, A Daolio… - … A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Adducts between OsO4 and Lewis bases exert a role in important oxidation
processes such as epoxidation and dihydroxylation. It has been shown that the attractive …

Tetrel Bond Affects the Self‐Assembly of Acetylcholine and its Analogues and is an Ancillary Interaction in Protein Binding

A Daolio, M Calabrese, A Pizzi… - … A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The− N+ (CH3) 3 residue is present in acetylcholine (ACh) and in many of its
analogues which are used as selective ACh agonist or antagonists for human therapy. The …

Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Theoretical Analysis of Nonconventional Bonding in Dinuclear Zinc (II) Complexes with Tridentate Schiff Bases

B Halder, P Middya, RM Gomila, A Frontera… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Two tridentate N, N, O-donor ligands, HL1= 4-chloro-2-(((2-(methylamino) ethyl) amino)
methyl) phenol and HL2= 4-chloro-2-(((2-(dimethylamino) ethyl) amino) methyl) phenol …

Tetrel Bonding of the Carbenium Ion Forms a Pentacoordinate Carbon Atom

S Scheiner - ChemPhysChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As a flat trigonal species, the CR3+ carbenium ion contains a pair of deep π‐holes above
and below its molecular plane. In the case of CH3+ a first base will form a covalent bond …