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SUBMITTER: Grabarz A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8067769 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grabarz Anna A Michalczyk Mariusz M Zierkiewicz Wiktor W Scheiner Steve S
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20210407 8
Ab initio calculations are applied to the question as to whether a AeX<sub>5</sub><sup>-</sup> anion (Ae = Kr, Xe) can engage in a stable complex with another anion: F<sup>-</sup>, Cl<sup>-</sup>, or CN<sup>-</sup>. The latter approaches the central Ae atom from above the molecular plane, along its C<sub>5</sub> axis. While the electrostatic repulsion between the two anions prevents their association in the gas phase, immersion of the system in a polar medium allows dimerization to proceed. The ...[more]