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Title
Competition of halogen bonding and lone pair interactions : cryospectroscopic study of the complexes of (X = F, Cl, Br, and I) and dimethyl ether
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Abstract
Inspection of the electrostatic potential of C2F3X (X = F, Cl, Br, and I) revealed a second electropositive region in the immediate vicinity of the C═C double bond apart from the σ hole of chlorine, bromine, and iodine, leading to C(sp2)X···Y halogen bonding, through which complexes stabilized by so-called lone pair···π interactions can be formed. Consequently, the experimental studies for the complexes of dimethyl ether with C2F3X (X = F, Cl, Br, and I) not only allowed one to experimentally characterize and rationalize the effects of hybridization on halogen bonding but, for the first time, also allowed the competition of CX···Y halogen bonding and lone pair···π interactions to be studied at thermodynamic equilibrium. Analysis of the infrared and Raman spectra reveals that in the cryosolutions of dimethyl ether and C2F3I, solely the halogen-bonded complex is present, whereas C2F3Br and C2F3Cl give rise to a lone pair···π bonded complex as well as a halogen-bonded complex. Mixtures of dimethyl ether with C2F4 solely yield a lone pair···π bonded complex. The experimentally derived complexation enthalpies for the halogen bonded complexes are found to be −14.2(5) kJ mol1 for C2F3I·DME and −9.3(5) kJ mol1 for C2F3Br·DME. For the complexes of C2F3Cl with dimethyl ether, no experimental complexation enthalpy could be obtained, whereas the C2F4·DME complex has a complexation enthalpy of −5.5(3) kJ mol1. The observed trends have been rationalized with the aid of an interaction energy decomposition analysis (EDA) coupled to a Natural Orbital for Chemical Valence (NOCV) analysis and also using the noncovalent interaction index method.
Language
English
Source (journal)
The journal of physical chemistry : A : molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment and general theory. - Washington, D.C., 1997, currens
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 2015
ISSN
1089-5639 [print]
1520-5215 [online]
DOI
10.1021/JP5087812
Volume/pages
119 :11 (2015) , p. 2502-2516
ISI
000351557300035
Pubmed ID
25390877
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An experimental and theoretical study into the competition between halogen bonding and hydrogen bonding.
Raman spectroscopy of structure and kinetics in solution.
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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