Organic chemists tend to consider the conformation of compounds as a consequence of
repulsive steric interactions. In other words,“the steric effect” means “repulsive” in many …

The CH/p interaction 1,† is the weakest extreme of hydrogen bonds 2, 3 that occurs between
a soft acid (CH) and a soft base (p-system) 4, 5 in the context of Pearson's HSAB principle …

This treatise is an update to a preceding highlight (CH/π hydrogen bonds in crystals)
published in this journal 5 years ago (M. Nishio, CrystEngComm, 2004, 6, 130–156). After …

Recent studies confirm that CH... O hydrogen bonds have many, if not all, of the
spectroscopic and physical earmarks of “traditional” H-bonds. Only more recently have we …

The accurate CH/π interaction energy of the benzene− methane model system was
experimentally and theoretically determined. In the experiment, mass analyzed threshold …

Strong and weak hydrogen bonds, as intermolecular interactions, are used for the
construction of designer crystals with organic small molecules as the building blocks. We …

The CH/π interaction energies in benzene–alkane model clusters were precisely
determined by laser spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. Two-color resonant two …

A series of new torsional molecular balances was designed to study the cooperativity of CH−
π interaction in the solid state and in solution. The measured interaction energies correlated …

The effect of a substituent group in dimeric complexes of benzene with ethylene and its four
derivatives on the intermolecular CH/π interaction was studied theoretically. The hydrogen …

Ab initio MO calculations were carried out at the MP2/6-311++ G (d, p) level to investigate
the conformational energy of 2-substituted oxanes and 1, 3-dioxanes. It has been found that …