Covalent and Non-covalent Noble Gas Bonding Interactions in XeF n Derivatives (n = 2-6): A Combined Theoretical and ICSD Analysis.

ABSTRACT: A noble gas bond (also known in the literature as aerogen bond) can be defined as the attractive interaction between any element of group-18 acting as a Lewis acid and any electron rich atom of group of atoms, thus following the IUPAC recommendation available for similar π,σ-hole interactions involving elements of groups 17 (halogens) and 16 (chalcogens). A significant difference between noble gas bonding (NgB) and halogen (HaB) or chalcogen (ChB) bonding is that whilst the former is scarcely found in the literature, HaB and ChB are very common and their applications in important fields like catalysis, biochemistry or crystal engineering have exponentially grown in the last decade. This article combines theory and experiment to highlight the importance of non-covalent NgBs in the solid sta

SUBMITTER: Gomila RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7218167 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature