Advanced Research in Halogen Bonding
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystal Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 57621
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crystal engineering; halogen bonding; anion-pi bonding; pi-pi intermolecular bonding; charge transfer; electron transfer; radicals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Halogen bonding is an attraction between electrophilic halogen substituents and electron rich sites in the same or different molecules. First examples of such bonding can be recognized in the compounds described in 19th century, when the substance later identified as a complex between diiodine and ammonia was reported by J. J. Colin. It also served as a driving force in formation of molecular complexes of halogen-containing acceptors described in solutions and in solid state following seminal works of H.Benesi and J. Hildebrandt, R. Mulliken and O. Hassel around 1950s. Over the past two decades, many experimental and computational studies demonstrated high potential of this highly–directional and tunable interaction for crystal engineering, drug design, catalysis, molecular recognition, etc. It resulted in a surge of interest in halogen bonding and its applications in material science, synthetic chemistry, pharmacology and other areas.
The aim of this forthcoming Special Issue, entitled ''Halogen Bonding'', is intended to present an overview of the current activity in these fields. Both experimental and theoretical materials collected in a Special Issue of the open access journal, Crystals, will be valuable for the general readers, PhD students, newcomers, etc., and good reference for professionals involved in this chemistry.
Prof. Dr. Sergiy Rosokha
Dr. Atash V. Gurbanov
Guest Editors
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