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Definition of the pnictogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2023)

  • Giuseppe Resnati*
  • , David l. Bryce
  • , Gautam r. Desiraju
  • , Antonio Frontera
  • , Ingo Krossing
  • , Anthony C Legon
  • , Pierangelo Metrangolo
  • , Francesco Nicotra
  • , Kari Rissanen
  • , Steve Scheiner
  • , Giancarlo Terraneo
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This recommendation proposes a definition for the term “pnictogen bond”; the term pnictogen bond designates a subset of the attractive interactions between an electrophilic region on a pnictogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic region in another, or the same, molecular entity.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-145
Number of pages11
JournalPure and Applied Chemistry
Volume96
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jan 2024

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