The halogen bond

G Cavallo, P Metrangolo, R Milani, T Pilati… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
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 …

Principles and Applications of CF2X Moieties as Unconventional Halogen Bond Donors in Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Drug Discovery

S Vaas, MO Zimmermann, D Schollmeyer… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As an orthogonal principle to the established (hetero) aryl halides, we herein highlight the
usefulness of CF2X (X= Cl, Br, or I) moieties. Using tool compounds bearing CF2X moieties …

Crystal engineering strategies towards halogen-bonded metal–organic multi-component solids: Salts, cocrystals and salt cocrystals

V Nemec, K Lisac, N Bedeković, L Fotović… - …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past several decades, halogen bonding has become a standard 'tool'in
supramolecular chemistry and particularly in crystal engineering. Traditionally, the study of …

Breathing molecular crystals: halogen-and hydrogen-bonded porous molecular crystals with solvent induced adaptation of the nanosized channels

K Raatikainen, K Rissanen - Chemical Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Exceptionally strong (OC–) 2N–I⋯ N halogen bonding (XB) in a combination with CO⋯ H–C
hydrogen bonds (HB) between N-iodosuccinimide (NIS) and hexamethylenetetramine …

Halogen bonding to amplify luminescence: a case study using a platinum cyclometalated complex

VV Sivchik, AI Solomatina, YT Chen… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The cocrystallization of a weakly luminescent platinum complex [Pt (btpy)(PPh3)
Cl](1)(Hbtpy= 2‐(2benzothienyl) pyridine; emission quantum yield Φem= 0.03) with …

Halogen and Hydrogen Bonding between (N‐Halogeno)‐succinimides and Pyridine Derivatives in Solution, the Solid State and In Silico

V Stilinović, G Horvat, T Hrenar… - … –A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A study of strong halogen bonding within three series of halogen‐bonded complexes,
derived from seven para‐substituted pyridine derivatives and three N‐halosuccinimides …

Alternative motifs for halogen bonding

RW Troff, T Mäkelä, F Topić, A Valkonen… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The halogen‐bonding interaction is one of the rising stars in supramolecular chemistry.
Although other weak interactions and their influence on the structure and chemistry of …

Halogen bonding in the co-crystallization of potentially ditopic diiodotetrafluorobenzene: a powerful tool for constructing multicomponent supramolecular assemblies

XH Ding, YZ Chang, CJ Ou, JY Lin… - National Science …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Halogen bonding is emerging as a significant driving force for supramolecular self-assembly
and has aroused great interest during the last two decades. Among the various halogen …

A novel family of polyiodo‐bromoantimonate (III) complexes: cation‐driven self‐assembly of photoconductive metal‐polyhalide frameworks

SA Adonin, LI Udalova, PA Abramov… - … A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the presence of different cations, reactions of [SbBr6] 3− and I2 result in a new family of
diverse supramolecular 1D polyiodide‐bromoantimonate networks. The coordination …

Noncovalent Interactions Involving Iodofluorobenzenes: The Interplay of Halogen Bonding and Weak lp(O)···π-Holearene Interactions

AS Novikov, DM Ivanov, ZM Bikbaeva… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Fluorinated iodoarenes such as 1, 4-diiodotetrafluorobenzene (1, 4-FIB) and 1, 3, 5-
triiodotrifluorobenzene (1, 3, 5-FIB) were cocrystallized with the nitrosoguanidinate-nickel (II) …