Molecular electrostatic potential analysis: A powerful tool to interpret and predict chemical reactivity

CH Suresh, GS Remya… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular electrostatic potential (MESP) V (r) data derived from a reliable quantum
chemical method has been widely used for the interpretation and prediction of various …

Recognition in the domain of molecular chirality: from noncovalent interactions to separation of enantiomers

P Peluso, B Chankvetadze - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is not a coincidence that both chirality and noncovalent interactions are ubiquitous in
nature and synthetic molecular systems. Noncovalent interactivity between chiral molecules …

Rethinking the term “pi-stacking”

CR Martinez, BL Iverson - Chemical Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
It has become common to reference “pi-stacking” forces or “pi–pi interactions” when
describing the interactions between neighbouring aromatic rings. Here, we review …

Exploiting non-covalent π interactions for catalyst design

AJ Neel, MJ Hilton, MS Sigman, FD Toste - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Molecular recognition, binding and catalysis are often mediated by non-covalent interactions
involving aromatic functional groups. Although the relative complexity of these so-called π …

The nature and applications of π–π interactions: a perspective

R Thakuria, NK Nath, BK Saha - Crystal Growth & Design, 2019 - ACS Publications
The updated concepts on the nature of π–π interactions and their use in various fields
ranging from crystal engineering to materials science to biochemistry are discussed. This is …

Aggregation caused quenching to aggregation induced emission transformation: a precise tuning based on BN-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons toward …

H Huang, L Liu, J Wang, Y Zhou, H Hu, X Ye, G Liu… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with boron–nitrogen (BN) moieties have attracted
tremendous interest due to their intriguing electronic and optoelectronic properties …

Control of π–π stacking via crystal engineering in organic conjugated small molecule crystals

ZF Yao, JY Wang, J Pei - Crystal Growth & Design, 2018 - ACS Publications
Because of their resolvable crystal structure, organic conjugated small molecules are
intrinsically ideal for elucidating the relationship between microstructures and charge …

Understanding substituent effects in noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings

SE Wheeler - Accounts of chemical research, 2013 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings such as π-stacking, cation/π, and anion/π
interactions are central to many areas of modern chemistry. Decades of experimental …

Toward a more complete understanding of noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings

SE Wheeler, JWG Bloom - The journal of physical chemistry A, 2014 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings, which include π-stacking interactions,
anion-π interactions, and XH− π interactions, among others, are ubiquitous in chemical and …

Dispersion-corrected density functional theory for aromatic interactions in complex systems

S Ehrlich, J Moellmann, S Grimme - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Aromatic interactions play a key role in many chemical and biological systems. However,
even if very simple models are chosen, the systems of interest are often too large to be …