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Frontispiece: “Anti‐electrostatic” Halogen Bonding between Ions of Like Charge
Author(s) -
Holthoff Jana M.,
Weiss Robert,
Rosokha Sergiy V.,
Huber Stefan M.
Publication year - 2021
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.202186761
Subject(s) - halogen bond , halogen , lewis acids and bases , cationic polymerization , hydrogen bond , chemistry , adduct , non covalent interactions , ion , computational chemistry , polymer chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , catalysis , alkyl
Halogen bonding, the sister noncovalent interaction to hydrogen bonding, usually utilizes cationic or neutral halogenated Lewis acids. The application of anionic halogen bond donors seems counter‐intuitive, particularly in adducts with anionic Lewis bases: the electrostatic potentials of the isolated compounds seem to predict that such complexes are not feasible. For an overview on such “anti‐electrostatic” halogen bonds, see the Concept review by S. V. Rosokha, S. M. Huber et al. on page 16530.