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Frontispiece: The Hydrogen Bond and Beyond: Perspectives for Rotational Investigations of Non‐Covalent Interactions
Author(s) -
Juanes Marcos,
Saragi Rizalina T.,
Caminati Walther,
Lesarri Alberto
Publication year - 2019
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.201984961
Subject(s) - covalent bond , hydrogen bond , intermolecular force , chalcogen , halogen bond , non covalent interactions , chemical physics , gas phase , chemistry , computational chemistry , materials science , crystallography , molecule , organic chemistry
Molecular Aggregation The forest of non‐covalent interactions, dominated by the centenary hydrogen bond (HB), has more trees than expected. In the Minireview on page 11402 ff., Lesarri and co‐workers outline the role played by supersonic‐jet rotational spectroscopy to discern self‐aggregation, molecular recognition, and recently evidenced interactions like the halogen (XB), chalcogen (CB), pnicogen (NB), or tetrel (TB) bonds. The empirical data obtained in the gas phase are highly complementary to theoretical predictions and condensed‐phase observations, contributing to our understanding of intermolecular interactions.