Chemistry of boron hydrides orchestrated by dihydrogen bonds

OA Filippov, NV Belkova, LM Epstein… - Journal of Organometallic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Proton transfer is shown being an important step in many transformations involving main
group element hydrides and dihydrogen bonded (E–H⋯ HX) complexes are key …

A molecular twist on hydrophobicity

S Gómez, N Rojas-Valencia, SA Gómez… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A thorough exploration of the molecular basis for hydrophobicity with a comprehensive set of
theoretical tools and an extensive set of organic solvent S/water binary systems is discussed …

Physical Nature of Interactions in ZnII Complexes with 2,2′-Bipyridyl: Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM), Interacting Quantum Atoms (IQA) …

I Cukrowski, JH de Lange, M Mitoraj - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In the present account factors determining the stability of ZnL, ZnL2, and ZnL3 complexes
(L= bpy, 2, 2′-bipyridyl) were characterized on the basis of various techniques: the …

Dimers of formic acid: Structures, stability, and double proton transfer

P Farfán, A Echeverri, E Diaz, JD Tapia… - The Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
A stochastic search of the potential energy surface for the formic acid dimers results in 21
well-defined minima. A number of structures are reported here for the first time, others have …

Microsolvation of NO 3−: Structural exploration and bonding analysis

E Flórez, N Acelas, C Ibargüen, S Mondal… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Exploration of the potential energy surfaces (PESs) of various microsolvated species
associated with the microsolvation of the nitrate anion using density functional theory …

A comprehensive picture of the structures, energies, and bonding in the alanine dimers

J David, S Gómez, D Guerra, D Guerra… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High level quantum mechanical computations and extensive stochastic searches of the
potential energy surfaces of the Alanine dimers uncover rich and complex structural and …

Non-Covalent Interactions in Hydrogen Storage Materials LiN(CH3)2BH3 and KN(CH3)2BH3

F Sagan, R Filas, MP Mitoraj - Crystals, 2016 - mdpi.com
In the present work, an in-depth, qualitative and quantitative description of non-covalent
interactions in the hydrogen storage materials LiN (CH3) 2BH3 and KN (CH3) 2BH3 was …

Homopolar dihydrogen bonding in alkali metal amidoboranes: crystal engineering of low-dimensional molecular materials

DJ Wolstenholme, J Flogeras, FN Che… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonding is a predominant interaction in supramolecular chemistry. The absence
of a conventional hydrogen bond donor in LiNMe2BH3 and KNMe2BH3 results in the …

Probing dative and dihydrogen bonding in ammonia borane with electronic structure computations and Raman under nitrogen spectroscopy

KM Dreux, LE McNamara, JT Kelly… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Although ammonia borane is isoelectronic with ethane and they have similar structures,
BH3NH3 exhibits rather atypical bonding compared to that in CH3CH3. The central bond in …

Dihydrogen bonding in compressed ammonia borane and its roles in structural stability

Y Yao, X Yong, JS Tse… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Theoretical structure prediction calculations have revealed that the conformation of
ammonia borane (NH3BH3) in the crystalline state can be modified by pressure, changing …