Spodium Bonds: Noncovalent Interactions Involving Group 12 Elements
Antonio Bauzá, Ibón Alkorta, José Elguero, Tiddo J. Mooibroek, Antonio Frontera
Abstract
Abstract The term spodium (Sp) bond is proposed to refer to a net attractive interaction between any element of Group 12 and electron‐rich atoms (Lewis bases or anions). These noncovalent interactions are markedly different from coordination bonds (antibonding Sp–ligand orbital involved). Evidence is provided for the existence of this interaction by calculations at the RI‐MP2/aug‐cc‐pVTZ level of theory, atoms‐in‐molecules, and natural bond orbital analyses and by examining solid‐state structures in the Cambridge Structure Database.
Topics & Concepts
Antibonding molecular orbitalChemistryNon-covalent interactionsNatural bond orbitalGroup (periodic table)Ligand (biochemistry)MoleculeMain group elementNon-bonding orbitalComputational chemistryCrystallographyChemical physicsMolecular orbitalAtomic orbitalElectronDensity functional theoryPhysicsTransition metalHydrogen bondQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistryCatalysisReceptorBiochemistryCrystallography and molecular interactionsMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCrystal structures of chemical compounds