The interplay between hydrogen and halogen bonding: substituent effects and their role in the hydrogen bond enhanced halogen bond
Jiyu Sun, Daniel A. Decato, Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev, Eric A. John, Orion B. Berryman
Abstract
The hydrogen bond enhanced halogen bond can be modulated by changing substituents on the HB or XB donor ring. Thus, distant substituents can impact nearby noncovalent interactions and this can be used as a viable approach for molecular design.
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