Tetrel Bonds

• Other Authors: Scheiner, Steve (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; noncovalent bond; carbon bond;   sigma-hole; pi-hole; methyl groups; spectroscopy; pnicogen bond; chalcogen bond; halogen bond; anion binding
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The replacement of the bridging H atom in H-bonds by a multitude of other, more electronegative, atoms has led to the rapidly growing study of related noncovalent bonds generally known as halogen, chalcogen, and pnicogen bonds. It has recently been recognized that elements of the tetrel family (C, S...