Definition of the pnictogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2023)
Giuseppe Resnati, David L. Bryce, Gautam R. Desiraju, Antonio Frontera, Ingo Krossing, A. C. Legon, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Francesco Nicotra, Kari Rissanen, Steve Scheiner, Giancarlo Terraneo
Abstract
Abstract This recommendation proposes a definition for the term “pnictogen bond”; the term pnictogen bond designates a subset of the attractive interactions between an electrophilic region on a pnictogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic region in another, or the same, molecular entity.
Topics & Concepts
PnictogenChemistryElectrophileNucleophileOrganic chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsSuperconductivityCatalysisCrystallography and molecular interactionsChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular StructureRadioactive element chemistry and processing