Advances and Prospects in Understanding London Dispersion Interactions in Molecular Chemistry

L Rummel, PR Schreiner - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
London dispersion (LD) interactions are the main contribution of the attractive part of the van
der Waals potential. Even though LD effects are the driving force for molecular aggregation …

London dispersion helps refine steric A-values: dispersion energy donor scales

E Solel, M Ruth, PR Schreiner - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We suggest a scale of dispersion energy donors (DEDs) that allows for direct comparisons
with steric effects. This scale is based on the classic A-values and allows groups to reorient …

Halogen-powered static conversion chemistry

X Li, W Xu, C Zhi - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Halogen-powered static conversion batteries (HSCBs) thrive in energy storage applications.
They fall into the category of secondary non-flow batteries and operate by reversibly …

Synergizing Steric Hindrance and Stacking Interactions To Facilitate the Controlled Assembly of Multiple 41 Metalla‐Knots and Pseudo‐Solomon Links

Y Zou, SJ Bao, H Tang, HN Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, a noncoplanar terphenyl served as a building block to synthesize a novel 3, 3′‐
substituted bipyridyl ligand (L1) which further reacted with binuclear half‐sandwich units …

London Dispersion Interactions Imitate Pressure for Molecular Crystals

S Das, A Datta - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The packing of molecular crystals, in which the constituent molecular units have no
directional forces, is primarily controlled by weak London dispersion (LD) forces. These …

Axial–equatorial equilibrium in substituted cyclohexanes: a DFT perspective on a small but complex problem

H Li, E Brémond, JC Sancho-García… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In Chemistry, complexity is not necessarily associated to large systems, as illustrated by the
textbook example of axial–equatorial equilibrium in mono-substituted cyclohexanes. The …

3× Axial vs 3× Equatorial: The ΔGGA Value Is a Robust Computational Measure of Substituent Steric Effects

AW McFord, CP Butts, N Fey… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We define Δ G GA as the free energy change for the formal equilibrium:[13] GH+ 1-X-
adamantane→[13] GX+ adamantane, where [13] GH is the C13H22 fragment of all-trans …

Inhibition of Alkali Metal Reduction of 1‐Adamantanol by London Dispersion Effects

KL Mears, CR Stennett, JC Fettinger… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A series of alkali metal 1‐adamantoxide (OAd1) complexes of formula [M (OAd1)(HOAd1) 2],
where M= Li, Na or K, were synthesised by reduction of 1‐adamantanol with excess of the …

Convergent synthesis and protein binding of vicinal difluorides by stereodivergent C–C bond formation

Y Qiu, VCJX Thomas, T Fantoni, R Chen, X Jiang… - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Vicinal difluorides adopt defined conformations due to the electronic properties of fluorine.
Therefore, they could be valuable for controlling the constellation of functional groups about …

Nature and strength of group-14 A–A′ bonds

DR Silva, E Blokker, JM van der Schuur, TA Hamlin… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We have quantum chemically investigated the nature and stability of C–C and Si–Si bonds
in R3A–AR3 (A= C, Si; R3= H3, Me3, Me2Ph, MePh2, Ph3, t-Bu3) using density functional …