Issue 18, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Metal-bound halogen atoms in crystal engineering

Pierangelo Metrangolo*a  and  Giuseppe Resnati*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
E-mail: pierangelo.metrangolo@polimi.it, giuseppe.resnati@polimi.it
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Tel: +39 022399 3041, 3032

Abstract

In this viewpoint article we discuss an early contribution from Brammer and Orpen et al., which highlights the very rich supramolecular behaviour of halogen atoms. Their findings appear even more timely when viewed in light of the recently proposed IUPAC definition of the halogen bond.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC37596J
Article type
Viewpoint
Submitted
18 Oct 2012
Accepted
17 Jan 2013
First published
28 Jan 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 1783-1785

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Metal-bound halogen atoms in crystal engineering

P. Metrangolo and G. Resnati, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1783 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC37596J

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