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SUBMITTER: Cavallo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4768247 | biostudies-other | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chemical reviews 20160126 4
The halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic region in another, or the same, molecular entity. In this fairly extensive review, after a brief history of the interaction, we will provide the reader with a snapshot of where the research on the halogen bond is now, and, perhaps, where it is going. The specific advantages brought up by a design based on the use of ...[more]