Exploiting non-covalent π interactions for catalyst design

Harnessing non-covalent interactions to exert control over regioselectivity and site-selectivity in catalytic reactions

(2017) Holly J. Davis et al.   Chemical Science

The Development of Multidimensional Analysis Tools for Asymmetric Catalysis and Beyond

(2016) Matthew S. Sigman et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Noncovalent Interactions in Organocatalysis and the Prospect of Computational Catalyst Design

(2016) Steven E. Wheeler et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Anion-π Catalysis of Enolate Chemistry: Rigidified Leonard Turns as a General Motif to Run Reactions on Aromatic Surfaces

(2016) Yoann Cotelle et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Cation-π Interaction in Small-Molecule Catalysis

(2016) C. Rose Kennedy et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Experimental investigation of anion–π interactions – applications and biochemical relevance

(2016) M. Giese et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Experimental Binding Energies in Supramolecular Complexes

(2016) Frank Biedermann et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Enantiodivergent Fluorination of Allylic Alcohols: Data Set Design Reveals Structural Interplay between Achiral Directing Group and Chiral Anion

(2016) Andrew J. Neel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A thorough anion–π interaction study in biomolecules: on the importance of cooperativity effects

(2016) Xavier Lucas et al.   Chemical Science

Competing Noncovalent Interactions Control the Stereoselectivity of Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Ring Openings of 3-Substituted Oxetanes

(2016) Trevor J. Seguin et al.   ACS Catalysis

Noncovalent Lone Pair⋅⋅⋅(No-π!)-Heteroarene Interactions: The Janus-Faced Hydroxy Group

(2015) Ilias Pavlakos et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

London Dispersion in Molecular Chemistry-Reconsidering Steric Effects

(2015) J. Philipp Wagner et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enolate Stabilization by Anion-π Interactions: Deuterium Exchange in Malonate Dilactones on π-Acidic Surfaces

(2015) François N. Miros et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Asymmetric Anion-π Catalysis: Enamine Addition to Nitroolefins on π-Acidic Surfaces

(2015) Yingjie Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

On the non-classical contribution in lone-pair–π interaction: IQA perspective

(2015) Zahra Badri et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The n → π* interaction: a rapidly emerging non-covalent interaction

(2015) Santosh K. Singh et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A data-intensive approach to mechanistic elucidation applied to chiral anion catalysis

(2015) A. Milo et al.   SCIENCE

Selective acceleration of disfavored enolate addition reactions by anion–π interactions

(2015) Yingjie Zhao et al.   Chemical Science

A theoretical investigation of the competition between hydrogen bonding and lone pair⋯π interaction in complexes of TNT with NH3

(2015) Mei-Zhen Ao et al.   Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Anion–π interactions and positive electrostatic potentials of N-heterocycles arise from the positions of the nuclei, not changes in the π-electron distribution

(2014) Steven E. Wheeler et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Quantum-Mechanical Evaluation of π–π versus Substituent−π Interactions in π Stacking: Direct Evidence for the Wheeler–Houk Picture

(2014) Robert M. Parrish et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Additivity of Substituent Effects in Aromatic Stacking Interactions

(2014) Jungwun Hwang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Quantifying the Role of Anion−π Interactions in Anion−π Catalysis

(2014) Tongxiang Lu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

CH–π hydrogen bonds in biological macromolecules

(2014) Motohiro Nishio et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Nanomole-scale high-throughput chemistry for the synthesis of complex molecules

(2014) A. Buitrago Santanilla et al.   SCIENCE

Catalysis with Anion-π Interactions

(2013) Yingjie Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Supramolecular catalysis. Part 1: non-covalent interactions as a tool for building and modifying homogeneous catalysts

(2013) Matthieu Raynal et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Competition between n → πAr* and conventional hydrogen bonding (N–H⋯N) interactions: an ab initio study of the complexes of 7-azaindole and fluorosubstituted pyridines

(2013) Santosh K. Singh et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The Cation−π Interaction at Protein–Protein Interaction Interfaces: Developing and Learning from Synthetic Mimics of Proteins That Bind Methylated Lysines

(2012) Kevin D. Daze et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Aromatic Interactions as Control Elements in Stereoselective Organic Reactions

(2012) Elizabeth H. Krenske et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Carbohydrate–Aromatic Interactions

(2012) Juan Luis Asensio et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

The Cation−π Interaction

(2012) Dennis A. Dougherty   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Asymmetric Ion-Pairing Catalysis

(2012) Katrien Brak et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Physical Nature of Substituent Effects in XH/π Interactions

(2012) Jacob W. G. Bloom et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Thiourea-catalysed ring opening of episulfonium ions with indole derivatives by means of stabilizing non-covalent interactions

(2012) Song Lin et al.   Nature Chemistry

Rethinking the term “pi-stacking”

(2012) Chelsea R. Martinez et al.   Chemical Science

Taking the Aromaticity out of Aromatic Interactions

(2011) Jacob W. G. Bloom et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Putting Anion-π Interactions Into Perspective

(2011) Antonio Frontera et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Substituent Effects on Non-Covalent Interactions with Aromatic Rings: Insights from Computational Chemistry

(2011) Rajesh K. Raju et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Local Nature of Substituent Effects in Stacking Interactions

(2011) Steven E. Wheeler   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Transition-State Charge Stabilization through Multiple Non-covalent Interactions in the Guanidinium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Claisen Rearrangement

(2011) Christopher Uyeda et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

On the directionality of anion–π interactions

(2011) Carolina Estarellas et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Relevant Anion-π Interactions in Biological Systems: The Case of Urate Oxidase

(2010) Carolina Estarellas et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Thiourea-Catalyzed Cationic Polycyclizations

(2010) Robert R. Knowles et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Experimental evidence for the functional relevance of anion–π interactions

(2010) Ryan E. Dawson et al.   Nature Chemistry

Attractive noncovalent interactions in asymmetric catalysis: Links between enzymes and small molecule catalysts

(2010) R. R. Knowles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantification of a CH-π Interaction Responsible for Chiral Discrimination and Evaluation of Its Contribution to Enantioselectivity

(2009) Romen Carrillo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Binding Mechanisms in Supramolecular Complexes

(2009) Hans-Jörg Schneider   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Anion−π Interactions in Crystal Structures: Commonplace or Extraordinary?

(2009) Benjamin P. Hay et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

On the Nature of Bonding in Lone Pair···π-Electron Complexes: CCSD(T)/Complete Basis Set Limit Calculations

(2009) Jiong Ran et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Through-Space Effects of Substituents Dominate Molecular Electrostatic Potentials of Substituted Arenes

(2009) Steven E. Wheeler et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Origin of substituent effects in edge-to-face aryl–aryl interactions

(2009) Steven E. Wheeler et al.   MOLECULAR PHYSICS

Nicotine binding to brain receptors requires a strong cation–π interaction

(2009) Xinan Xiu et al.   NATURE

Do Special Noncovalent π–π Stacking Interactions Really Exist?

(2008) Stefan Grimme   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lone pair–π interactions: a new supramolecular bond?

(2008) Tiddo J. Mooibroek et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Carbohydrate−π Interactions: What Are They Worth?

(2008) Zachary R. Laughrey et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution Phase Measurement of Both Weak σ and C−H···X−Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Synthetic Anion Receptors

(2008) Orion B. Berryman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Substituent Effects in the Benzene Dimer are Due to Direct Interactions of the Substituents with the Unsubstituted Benzene

(2008) Steven E. Wheeler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ab initio study of substituent effects in the interactions of dimethyl ether with aromatic rings

(2008) Jay C. Amicangelo et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Quantitative Study of Interactions between Oxygen Lone Pair and Aromatic Rings:  Substituent Effect and the Importance of Closeness of Contact

(2007) Benjamin W. Gung et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY