Volume 203, 2017

Probing covalency in halogen bonds through donor K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy: polyhalides as coordination complexes

Abstract

The properties of halogen bonds (XBs) in solid-state I2X and I4X materials (where X = Cl, Br) are explored using donor K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to experimentally determine the degree of charge transfer in such XB interactions. The degree of covalency in these bonds is substantial, even in cases where significantly weaker secondary interactions are observed. These data, in concert with previous work in this area, suggests that certain halogen bonds have covalent contributions to bonding that are similar to, and even exceed, those observed in transition metal coordinate bonds. For this reason, we suggest that XB interactions of this type be denoted in a similar way to coordination bonds (X → Y) as opposed to using a representation that is the same as for significantly less covalent hydrogen bonds (X⋯Y).

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Feb 2017
Accepted
21 Apr 2017
First published
21 Apr 2017

Faraday Discuss., 2017,203, 79-91

Probing covalency in halogen bonds through donor K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy: polyhalides as coordination complexes

C. L. Mustoe, M. Gunabalasingam, D. Yu, B. O. Patrick and P. Kennepohl, Faraday Discuss., 2017, 203, 79 DOI: 10.1039/C7FD00076F

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