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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qian-Rui Huang, Ryunosuke Shishido, Chih-Kai Lin, Chen-Wei Tsai, Jake A. Tan, Asuka Fujii, Jer-Lai Kuo
Summary: The study analyzed the infrared spectra of a series of asymmetric proton-bound dimers with protonated trimethylamine as the proton donor, revealing a red shift in the N-H+ stretching mode frequency as the proton affinity of acceptors increases. Despite the expected pattern, the observed band showed a peculiar splitting of around 300 cm(-1) with intensity resembling a two-level system. Theoretical investigation attributed this band splitting to strong coupling between the proton stretching mode and overtone states of proton bending modes, known as Fermi resonance, providing a general theoretical model linking the strong coupling to a quasi-two-level system intrinsic to proton motions.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Hayden T. Robinson, Christian T. Haakansson, Timothy R. Corkish, Peter D. Watson, Allan J. McKinley, Duncan A. Wild
Summary: Hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding, two important non-covalent interactions, are widely found in proteins and crystal structures. This study examines their strengths and interactions in small gas-phase chemical species, providing fundamental insights. Anion photoelectron spectra are used to determine the stabilisation energy and electron binding energy of bromide complexes with chloromethanes. High-level CCSD(T) calculations are then used to rationalise the spectra and compare hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding.
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Chemistry, Physical
Nathaniel L. Kitzmiller, Mark E. Wolf, Justin M. Turney, Henry F. Schaefer
Summary: This study presents a theoretical examination of HOXMIDLINE HORIZONTAL ELLIPSISSO2 complexes, showing that single-interaction hydrogen bonded complexes and halogen bonded complexes exhibit different sensitivities to heavier halogens. The findings provide insight into the interactions between HOX and SO2, guiding further research in related systems.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Guohai Deng, Sudip Pan, Jiaye Jin, Guanjun Wang, Lili Zhao, Mingfei Zhou, Gernot Frenking
Summary: Two structural isomers containing five second-row element atoms with 24 valence electrons were generated and identified through matrix-isolation IR spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. The OCBNO complex rearranges to the more stable OBNCO isomer upon UV excitation, with bonding analysis indicating interactions between a triplet-state boron cation and CO/NO- ligands.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Gaber A. M. Mersal, A. A. H. Basry, M. Khodari
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2021)
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Anthony C. Legon
Summary: The study investigates the radial potential energy of five axially symmetric halogen-bonded complexes at different intermolecular distances, calculating related spectroscopic constants and stretching modes. Different isomers and structural differences among the complexes are discussed using polynomial fitting and H-H function.
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Milan R. Milovanovic, Ivana M. Stankovic, Jelena M. Zivkovic, Dragan B. Ninkovic, Michael B. Hall, Snezana D. Zaric
Summary: By analyzing water-water contacts in crystal structures, various attractive interactions including classical hydrogen bonds and antiparallel dipolar interactions have been discovered. The study suggests that the geometric criteria for defining attractive water-water interactions should be broader.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xue Dong, Yu-qian Liu, Xin-bo Liu, Sudip Pan, Zhong-hua Cui, Gabriel Merino
Summary: A new class of beryllium-boron clusters called beryllo-borospherenes are theoretically described in this paper. The addition of beryllium to the B-12 motif leads to significant structural modifications. Beryllium atoms form strong bonds with boron clusters through strong electrostatic and covalent interactions.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mohammed S. Abdelbassit, Owen J. Curnow, Mark R. Waterland
Summary: A series of salts with a diaminohalocyclopropenium cation and halide anion were synthesized and characterized. The interaction between the cation and the halide anion involved strong halogen bonding and hydrogen bonding. The geometries formed by the halide ions exhibited pyramidal structures with approximately orthogonal angles.
HELVETICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Ilya S. Sosulin, Mariia A. Lukianova, Anastasia D. Volosatova, Vladimir D. Drabkin, Svetlana V. Kameneva
Summary: Hydrogen bonding between saturated alkanes and HX is a unique type of interaction. Experimental and ab initio studies on the HCN...C2H6 complex show that only one structure is stabilized under experimental conditions, in good agreement with previous rotational spectroscopy studies.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
(2021)
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Chemistry, Applied
Miroslav Rubes, Michal Trachta, Jan Vaculik, Roman Bulanek, Ota Bludsky
Summary: The diversity of IR band shapes in the OH stretching region of zeolite frameworks (FER, TON, CHA, and IFR) was investigated using FT-IR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. The analysis of isolated Brunsted acid sites revealed the importance of mutual BAS interactions in some zeolites. Extended models should be used to accurately simulate the distribution of heteroatoms in these materials for adsorption and catalytic property calculations.
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ruben D. Parra, Slawomir J. Grabowski
Summary: In this paper, density functional theory and wave function theory calculations were used to investigate the strength and nature of the C-X···N bond interaction as a function of the number of cyano groups. The results showed that the strength of the C-X···N interaction increased significantly and in a non-additive fashion with the number of CN groups, and the nature of the interaction was revealed through the atoms in molecules approach.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Emmanuel Adeniyi, Olivia Grounds, Zachary Stephens, Matthias Zeller, Sergiy Rosokha
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ibon Alkorta, Anthony Legon
Summary: The reduced nucleophilicities of axially symmetric molecules B were determined using the equation D-e/sigma(min) = N-B/sigma(min)) E-XY = (sic)E-XY. Graphs of D-e/sigma(min) versus E-XY for different groups of B showed straight lines through the origin, indicating a common (reduced) nucleophilicity for each group.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alessandra Forni, Rosario Russo, Giacomo Rapeti, Stefano Pieraccini, Maurizio Sironi
Summary: Through density functional theory calculations, it was found that there is an interdependence between halogen and hydrogen bonding in the shared pi-electron system of benzene, indicating that the two interactions are not strictly independent of each other.