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SUBMITTER: Haberhauer G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7693109 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haberhauer Gebhard G Gleiter Rolf R
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20200907 47
Chalcogen bonds are σ hole interactions and have been used in recent years as an alternative to hydrogen bonds. In general, the electrostatic potential at the chalcogen atom and orbital delocalization effects are made responsible for the orientation of the chalcogen bond. Here, we were able to show by means of SAPT calculations that neither the induction (orbital delocalization effects) nor the electrostatic term is causing the spatial orientation of strong chalcogen bonds in tellurium-containin ...[more]