Small Molecules, Great Powers: Chemistry of Small Organo‐Chalcogenide Molecules in Rechargeable Li‐Sulfur Batteries

J Zhou, S Qian, B Hao, J Liu, X Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Small organic chalcogenides molecules are receiving more attention in conjunction with the
development of rechargeable lithium metal batteries (LMBs) especially lithium–sulfur (Li− S) …

Substituent and Heteroatom Effects on π–π Interactions: Evidence That Parallel-Displaced π-Stacking is Not Driven by Quadrupolar Electrostatics

B Schramm, M Gray, JM Herbert - Journal of the American …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Stacking interactions are a recurring motif in supramolecular chemistry and biochemistry,
where a persistent theme is a preference for parallel-displaced aromatic rings rather than …

Electrosynthesis of 1, 4-bis (diphenylphosphanyl) tetrasulfide via sulfur radical addition as cathode material for rechargeable lithium battery

DY Wang, Y Si, W Guo, Y Fu - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Organic electrodes are promising as next generation energy storage materials originating
from their enormous chemical diversity and electrochemical specificity. Although organic …

π-stacking isomerism in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: The 2-naphthalenethiol dimer

RT Saragi, C Calabrese, M Juanes… - The journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
π-Stacking is a common descriptor for face-to-face attractive forces between aromatic
hydrocarbons. However, the physical origin of this interaction remains debatable. Here we …

Sulfur–arene interactions: the S⋯ π and S–H⋯ π interactions in the dimers of benzofuran⋯ sulfur dioxide and benzofuran⋯ hydrogen sulfide

Y Jin, W Li, RT Saragi, M Juanes, C Pérez… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-covalent interactions between sulfur centers and aromatic rings play important roles in
biological chemistry. We examined here the sulfur–arene interactions between the fused …

Molecular recognition, transient chirality and sulfur hydrogen bonding in the benzyl mercaptan dimer

RT Saragi, M Juanes, R Pinacho, JE Rubio… - Symmetry, 2021 - mdpi.com
The homodimers of transiently chiral molecules offer physical insight into the process of
molecular recognition, the preference for homo or heterochiral aggregation and the nature of …

Scissor-like face to face π–π stacking: A surprising preference induced by the isocyano group in the self-assembled dimer of phenyl isocyanide

W Du, Y Zheng, X Wang, J Lei, H Wang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Phenyl isocyanide has been chosen as a prototype to probe the π–π interaction modulated
by the− NC group, which has a chameleonic nature with two main resonance forms showing …

Hydrogen bond interactions between thioethers and amides: A joint rotational spectroscopic and theoretical study of the formamide⋯ dimethyl sulfide adduct

T Lu, J Zhang, Y Xu, Z Wang, G Feng, Z Zeng - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rotational spectrum of the binary adduct of formamide (HCONH 2) with dimethyl sulfide
(DMS) has been investigated employing cavity-based Fourier transform microwave …

4′-Alkylseleno-4-cyanobiphenyls, n SeCB: synthesis and substituent effects on the phase-transition and liquid crystalline behaviors

Y Arakawa, T Shiba, K Igawa, S Sasaki, H Tsuji - CrystEngComm, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis and phase-transition behavior of a novel homologous series of 4′-
alkylseleno-4-cyanobiphenyls [nSeCB, where n represents the number of carbon atoms in …

The evolution towards cyclic structures in the aggregation of aromatic alcohols: the dimer, trimer and tetramer of 2-phenylethanol

A Camiruaga, RT Saragi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Gas-phase spectroscopic studies of alcohol clusters offer accurate information on the
influence of non-covalent interactions on molecular recognition, and are of paramount …