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Frontispiece: The Weakness of B−H⋅⋅⋅π Interactions: Much Softer than a Hydrogen Bond
Author(s) -
Grunenberg Jörg
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201685261
Subject(s) - covalent bond , bond , hydrogen bond , bond strength , chemistry , bond order , computational chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , bond length , molecule , organic chemistry , economics , adhesive , layer (electronics) , finance
Non‐Covalent Bond Strengths A new type of non‐covalent interaction, the B−H⋅⋅⋅π interaction, has been recently introduced. In his Communication on page 18678 ff., J. Grunenberg investigates the strength of this recently reported bond. Generalized compliance constants (relaxed force constants) are proposed as unique bond‐strength descriptors for classical and non‐classical hydrogen bonds.