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SUBMITTER: Loy C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8208320 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loy Cody C Holthoff Jana M JM Weiss Robert R Huber Stefan M SM Rosokha Sergiy V SV
Chemical science 20210510 23
Halogen-bonded (XB) complexes between halide anions and a cyclopropenylium-based anionic XB donor were characterized in solution for the first time. Spontaneous formation of such complexes confirms that halogen bonding is sufficiently strong to overcome electrostatic repulsion between two anions. The formation constants of such "anti-electrostatic" associations are comparable to those formed by halides with neutral halogenated electrophiles. However, while the latter usually show charge-transfer ...[more]