A-X⋯σ Interactions-Halogen Bonds with σ-Electrons as the Lewis Base Centre.

ABSTRACT: CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ//ωB97XD/aug-cc-pVTZ calculations were performed for halogen-bonded complexes. Here, the molecular hydrogen, cyclopropane, cyclobutane and cyclopentane act as Lewis base units that interact through the electrons of the H-H or C-C σ-bond. The FCCH, ClCCH, BrCCH and ICCH species, as well as the F2, Cl2, Br2 and I2 molecular halogens, act as Lewis acid units in these complexes, interacting through the σ-hole localised at the halogen centre. The Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM), the Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) and the Energy Decomposition Analysis (EDA) approaches were applied to analyse these aforementioned complexes. These complexes may be classified as linked by A-X···σ halogen bonds, where A = C, X (halogen). However, distinct properties of these halogen bonds

SUBMITTER: Grabowski SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8434224 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature