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π‐Electron “Donor–Acceptor” Complexes B⋅⋅⋅ClF and the Existence of the “Chlorine Bond”
Author(s) -
Legon A. C.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19981002)4:10<1890::aid-chem1890>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - chlorine , chemistry , acceptor , electron acceptor , hydrogen bond , electron donor , chlorine atom , photochemistry , bond , electron transfer , crystallography , molecule , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , condensed matter physics , finance , economics
Does the “chlorine” bond exist? Comparison of the properties of several π‐electron‐donor–acceptor complexes B⋅⋅⋅ClF and B⋅⋅⋅HCl (right and far right) reveals a parallelism that suggests that a “chlorine” bond, the analogue of a hydrogen bond, exists in B⋅⋅⋅ClF complexes.