Noncovalent interactions in proteins and nucleic acids: Beyond hydrogen bonding and π-stacking

S Jena, J Dutta, KD Tulsiyan, AK Sahu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the noncovalent interactions (NCIs) among the residues of proteins and
nucleic acids, and between drugs and proteins/nucleic acids, etc., has extraordinary …

Ye Olde supramolecular chemistry, its modern rebranding and overarching trends in chemistry

M Savastano - Dalton Transactions, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We can describe current contingency of supramolecular chemistry as “post-halogen
bonding”, with clear reference to the success of the σ-hole model and the halogen bond …

Anion⋅⋅⋅ Anion Interactions Involving σ‐Holes of Perrhenate, Pertechnetate and Permanganate Anions

A Daolio, A Pizzi, G Terraneo, A Frontera… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this communication experimental and theoretical results are reported affording strong
evidence that interactions between electron rich atoms and the metal of tetroxide anions of …

Experimental and Theoretical Survey of Intramolecular Spodium Bonds/σ/π-Holes and Noncovalent Interactions in Trinuclear Zn(II)-Salen Type Complex with OCN …

D Majumdar, A Frontera, S Roy, D Sutradhar - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, one new centrosymmetric trinuclear Zn (II) complex 1,[{(OCN) Zn (L)} 2Zn], using
a salen-type ligand (H2L) in the presence of OCN–was synthesized and characterized via …

Supramolecular aggregation featuring Hg⋯ S secondary-bonding interactions in crystals of mercury (II) species augmented by computational chemistry calculations

RM Gomila, A Frontera, ERT Tiekink - CrystEngComm, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The Cambridge Structural Database was surveyed for crystals featuring Hg⋯ S secondary-
bonding interactions for mercury (II) compounds (excluding organomercury compounds). In …

Matere Bonds vs. Multivalent Halogen and Chalcogen Bonds: Three Case Studies

RM Gomila, A Frontera - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The term matere bond has been recently used to refer to an attractive noncovalent
interaction between any element of group 7 acting as an electrophile and any atom (or …

Spodium, halogen and hydrogen bonds in the reactivity of bis (2, 4-bis (trichloromethyl)-1, 3, 5-triazapentadienato)-Zn (ii)

IM Garazade, AV Gurbanov, RM Gomila… - New Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The role of noncovalent interactions (spodium, halogen and hydrogen bonds) in the reaction
of [Zn {NHC (CCl3) NC (CCl3) NH} 2] with acetone, pyrazole, 4, 4′-bipyridine and Cu …

Coordination versus spodium bonds in dinuclear Zn (ii) and Cd (ii) complexes with a dithiophosphate ligand

P Kumar, A Frontera, SK Pandey - New Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The important role of spodium bonding (SpB) in Zn (II) and Cd (II) complexes is highlighted
in this feature article. SpB has been recommended to distinguish coordination bonds (high …

Synthesis, structural characterization, DNA binding ability and luminescent sensing of nitroaromatics by a mononuclear zinc (II) carboxylate complex

SR Boruah, RND Purkayastha, S Chowdhury… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
A mononuclear zinc (II) carboxylate complex containing 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and N-donor
2-aminopyridine was synthesized in aqueous methanol and comprehensively characterized …

The importance of spodium bonds, H-bonds and π-stacking interactions in the solid state structures of four zinc complexes with tetradentate secondary diamine …

P Middya, M Karmakar, RM Gomila… - New Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this manuscript we report the preparation of four new zinc complexes,[{(μ-CH3COO)
ZnL1} 2Zn]· 2DMSO (1),[{(DMF) ZnL1 (μ-CH3COO) ZnL1Zn (N3)}]· 0.64 DMSO· 0.36 EtOH …