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Definition of the chalcogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)

Kari RissanenSteve ScheinerGiuseppe ResnatiChrister B. AakeröyPierangelo MetrangoloAntonio FronteraGautam R. DesirajuDavid L. BryceAnthony C. LegonGiancarlo TerraneoFrancesco Nicotra

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chalcogen bond; IUPAC Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division; IUPAC Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division; nomenclature; noncovalent interactions; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistryGeneral Chemical EngineeringChemical nomenclature010402 general chemistrynoncovalent interaction01 natural sciencessupramolecular chemistrykemialliset sidoksetnoncovalent interactionsChalcogenGroup (periodic table)supramolekulaarinen kemiaNon-covalent interactionsIUPAC Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry DivisionIUPAC Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Divisionchalcogen bondchemistry.chemical_classification010405 organic chemistryChemistryBondSolid State & Structural Chemistry Unitself-assemblyGeneral Chemistry0104 chemical sciencesTerm (time)ChemistryCrystallographyIntramolecular forcenimikkeistötnomenclature

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Abstract This recommendation proposes a definition for the term “chalcogen bond”; it is recommended the term is used to designate the specific subset of inter- and intramolecular interactions formed by chalcogen atoms wherein the Group 16 element is the electrophilic site.

https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-0713