Thermodynamics of Molecular Complexation and Hydrogen Bonding in Solution Chemistry—A Themed Issue Honoring Professor Dr. Boris N. Solomonov

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Boris N. Solomonov for his extensive and outstanding research in the field of experimental and theoretical solution chemistry and his studies involving the thermodynamic properties pertaining to molecular complexation and hydrogen-bonding in liquid solutions. Molecular complexation and hydrogen-bonding play important roles in many biological and chemical processes, and both phenomena affect the liquid mixture’s physical, spectral and thermodynamic properties. Large changes in the infra-red, visible or ultraviolet absorption spectrum, as well as large Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) proton chemical shifts, provide a convenient means to determine the association constant of both heterogeneous and homogeneous molecular complexes. Solution calorimetric methods provide valuable information regarding standard enthalpies of molecular complexation and/or hydrogen-bond formation.

This Special Issue will serve as an international forum for researchers, describing the most recent advances and ideas in the field of molecular complexation and hydrogen-bonding in liquid solutions, with a special emphasis on the latest experimental and theoretical results. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Determination of association constants by spectroscopic and calorimetric methods.
• Determination of standard enthalpies of complexation/hydrogen-bond formation using calorimetric methods.
• Effects of molecular complexation/hydrogen-bonding on rate constants and reaction mechanisms for chemical reactions occurring in liquid solutions.
• Effects of molecular complexation/hydrogen-bonding on the acoustic, diffusional, viscometric or volumetric properties of liquid mixtures.
• Complexation chemistry in designing liquid-liquid extraction processes.
• Solubilizing of medical compounds by molecular complexation.
• Computation studies involving the structure of associated complexes in liquid solutions.
• Computational methods for predicting the thermodynamic properties pertaining to molecular complex and/or hydrogen-bond formation.
• Hydrogen-bonding in excited state intramolecular/intermolecular charge transfer process in liquid solutions.
• Utilization of molecular complexation in chemical sensor (chemosensor) design.
• Properties of deep eutectic solvents formed from mixtures of hydrogen-bond acceptors and hydrogen-bond donors.

Prof. Dr. William E. Acree, Jr.
Dr. Mikhail I. Yagofarov
Guest Editors

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