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Analyzing Fluoride Binding by Group 15 Lewis Acids: Pnictogen Bonding in the Pentavalent State.


ABSTRACT: We report the results of a computational investigation into fluoride binding by a series of pentavalent pnictogen Lewis acids: pnictogen pentahalides (PnX5), tetraphenyl pnictogeniums (PnPh4+), and triphenyl pnictogen tetrachlorocatecholates (PnPh3Cat). Activation strain and energy decomposition analyses of the Lewis adducts not only clearly delineate the electrostatic and orbital contributions to these acid-base interactions but also highlight the importance of Pauli repulsion and molecular flexibility in determining relative Lewis acidity among the pnictogens.

SUBMITTER: Maltz LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10862541 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Analyzing Fluoride Binding by Group 15 Lewis Acids: Pnictogen Bonding in the Pentavalent State.

Maltz Logan T LT   Gabbaï François P FP  

Inorganic chemistry 20230808 33


We report the results of a computational investigation into fluoride binding by a series of pentavalent pnictogen Lewis acids: pnictogen pentahalides (PnX<sub>5</sub>), tetraphenyl pnictogeniums (PnPh<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>), and triphenyl pnictogen tetrachlorocatecholates (PnPh<sub>3</sub>Cat). Activation strain and energy decomposition analyses of the Lewis adducts not only clearly delineate the electrostatic and orbital contributions to these acid-base interactions but also highlight the imp  ...[more]

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