The halogen bond

G Cavallo, P Metrangolo, R Milani, T Pilati… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an
electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic …

Halogen bonding in metal–organic–supramolecular networks

R Bertani, P Sgarbossa, A Venzo, F Lelj… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2010 - Elsevier
Halogen bonding (XB) has been recently exploited as a significant tool for engineering
crystals involving coordination and organometallic compounds as tectons. This review, in …

Halogen bonding: recent advances

M Fourmigué - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Halogen bonding (XB), as a directional interaction between covalently bound halogen
atoms (XB donor) and Lewis bases (A, XB acceptor), has been recently intensively …

Combining metals with halogen bonds

L Brammer, GM Espallargas, S Libri - CrystEngComm, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Halogen bonds in the solid state have been investigated for many years, with a major
resurgence in activity occurring in the past decade. The emphasis of most studies has been …

Ab initio investigation of the complexes between bromobenzene and several electron donors: some insights into the magnitude and nature of halogen bonding …

YX Lu, JW Zou, YH Wang, YJ Jiang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Halogen bonding, a specific intermolecular noncovalent interaction, plays crucial roles in
fields as diverse as molecular recognition, crystal engineering, and biological systems. This …

Ab initio calculations on halogen‐bonded complexes and comparison with density functional methods

YX Lu, JW Zou, JC Fan, WN Zhao… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A systematic theoretical investigation on a series of dimeric complexes formed between
some halocarbon molecules and electron donors has been carried out by employing both …

Halogen bonding in conducting or magnetic molecular materials

M Fourmigué - Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications, 2008 - Springer
The role of halogen bonding interactions in conducting or magnetic molecular systems is
evaluated here in various series of halogenated radical molecules, such as neutral …

Oxidation-induced activation of chalcogen bonding in redox-active bis (selenomethyl) tetrathiafulvalene derivatives

M Beau, O Jeannin, M Fourmigué, P Auban-Senzier… - …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chalcogen bonding (ChB) interactions are investigated in two new–SeMe substituted
tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivatives, RTTF (SeMe) 2 (R= Me2, SCH2CH2S). Upon oxidation …

Competition between the C–H···N Hydrogen Bond and C–I···N Halogen Bond in TCNQFn (n = 0, 2, 4) Salts with Variable Charge Transfer

J Lieffrig, O Jeannin, T Guizouarn… - Crystal growth & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The formation of charge-transfer salts with an iodinated tetrathiafulvalene derivative, EDT-
TTF-I (1), has been investigated with a series of TCNQ acceptors of different oxidative …

Theoretical investigation on charge‐assisted halogen bonding interactions in the complexes of bromocarbons with some anions

YH Wang, YX Lu, JW Zou, QS Yu - International Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A series of dimeric complexes formed between bromocarbon molecules and two anions (Br−
and CN−) have been investigated by using MP2 method. The quantum theory of atoms in …