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Cover Feature: Establishing Halogen‐Bond Preferences in Molecules with Multiple Acceptor Sites (ChemPlusChem 8/2021)
Author(s) -
Abeysekera Amila M.,
Averkiev Boris B.,
Sinha Abhijeet S.,
Le Magueres Pierre,
Aakeröy Christer B.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.202100276
Subject(s) - acceptor , halogen , cover (algebra) , feature (linguistics) , halogen bond , molecule , popularity , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , philosophy , engineering , political science , law , mechanical engineering , linguistics , alkyl , condensed matter physics
The Cover Feature shows that iodine atoms acting as halogen‐bond (XB) donors in diiodotetrafluorobenzene (DITFB) and triiodotrifluorobenzene (TITFB) preferentially seek out acceptor sites in the order of nitrogen>oxygen>π. The film reels contain images of crystal structures that were obtained as part of the study. Much like current‐day social media platforms, the relative popularity of each acceptor site is indicated by the number of ‘likes’ received as mentioned next to the heart symbol. More information can be found in the Full Paper by C. B. Aakeröy and co‐workers.