Anti-Electrostatic Pi-Hole Bonding: How Covalency Conquers Coulombics
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DOI: 10.3390/molecules27020377
Abstract: Intermolecular bonding attraction at π-bonded centers is often described as “electrostatically driven” and given quasi-classical rationalization in terms of a “pi hole” depletion region in the electrostatic potential. However, we demonstrate here that such bonding… read more here.
Keywords: covalency; hole bonding; anti electrostatic; attraction ... See more keywords