One ligand, three new architectures with different intermolecular interactions: a polyhalogenated terphenyl linker with carboxyl groups coordinates Zn2+ to form (i) a metal-containing hydrogen-bonded...

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A practical route to the novel CN8CP2 framework enables access to its dianion, radical anion, and electrochemically generated neutral species. Its exceptionally low LUMO levels establish the CN8CP2 f...

In this study we present the first isolated zwitterionic homodimers based on halogen bonding (XB). After optimization of the structures by changing the Lewis base (LB) and the backbone, their dimeriz...

Chiral control through halogen bonding could be the next frontier for organocatalysis

Upon catalysis (1 mol %) by a chiral cobalt porphyrin, quinazolinones with a tethered diazo alkane precursor underwent an enantioselective C–H alkylation at carbon atom C4. Formation of five-, six-, a...

A systematic co-crystallization-study of a tridentate ortho-carborane-based halogen-bond donor with halides was performed. Several association complexes are evaluated to give further insights into th....

In this work, the ability of 1,2-bis(dicyanomethylene)cyclopropanide substituents to enable inter-anion interactions has been expanded to chalcogen bonding. An anionic selenium-based chalcogen-bond do...

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The first study of the high-pressure behavior of organic halogen bond donors in solution is presented: HP-NMR titrations were performed in various solvents, primarily with a neutral tridentate halogen...

In a model Mukaiyama aldol reaction with unbiased substrates, high enantioselectivity was achieved with a modifiable bidentate iodine(I)-based halogen bonding organocatalyst. The crucial role of halo...

Halogen bonding has been established as a promising tool in organocatalysis. Asymmetric processes are nevertheless scarce, and their applications are limited to a few studies applying chiral halogen b...

Multidentate neutral halogen bonding catalysts based on iodinated icosahedral ortho-carborane moieties are introduced. Co-crystallization-studies, calorimetric measurements, and 1H NMR titrations dem...