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Ab initio MP2/aug'-cc-pVTZ calculations have been performed on the binary complexes XY:PH 3 for XY = ClCl, FCl, and FBr; and PH 3 :N-base for N-base = NCH, NH 3 , NCF, NCCN, and N 2 ; and the corresponding ternary complexes XY:PH 3 :N-base, to investigate P···N pnicogen bond formation through the lone-pair hole at P in the binary complexes and P···N pnicogen-bond formation assisted by P···Y halogen bond formation through the σ-hole at Y. Although the binary complexes PH 3 :N-base that form through the lone-pair hole have very small binding energies, they are not equilibrium structures on their potential surfaces. The presence of the P···Y halogen bond makes PH 3 a better electron-pair acceptor through its lone-pair hole, leading to stable ternary complexes XY:PH 3 :N-base. The halogen bonds in ClCl:PH 3 and ClCl:PH 3 :NCCN are traditional halogen bonds, but in the remaining binary and ternary complexes, they are chlorine- or bromine-shared halogen bonds. For a given nitrogen base, the P···N pnicogen bond in the ternary complex FCl:PH 3 :N-base appears to be stronger than that bond in FBr:PH 3 :N-base, which is stronger than the P···N bond in the corresponding ClCl:PH 3 :N-base complex. EOM-CCSD spin-spin coupling constants for the binary and ternary complexes with ClCl and FCl are also consistent with the changing nature of the halogen bonds in these complexes. At long P-Cl distances, the coupling constant 1x J(P-Cl) increases with decreasing distance but then decreases as the P-Cl distance continues to decrease, and the halogen bonds become chlorine-shared bonds. At the shorter distances, 1x J(P-Cl) approaches the value of 1 J(P-Cl) for the cation + (Cl-PH 3 ). The coupling constants 1p J(P-N) are small and, with one exception, are greater in ClCl:PH 3 :N-base complexes compared to that in FCl:PH 3 :N-base, despite the shorter P-N distances in the latter.

Lone-Pair Hole on P: P···N Pnicogen Bonds Assisted by Halogen Bonds