What is the covalency of hydrogen bonding?

SJ Grabowski - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonding is an important interaction playing a key role in chemical, physical, and
biochemical processes. 1-4 One can mention numerous examples such as the role of …

Triel bond and coordination of triel centres–Comparison with hydrogen bond interaction

SJ Grabowski - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The triel bond may be defined as the interaction of the atom of 13th group that acts as the
Lewis acid centre with the electron rich site of the species playing a role of the Lewis base …

Hydrogen bonds, and σ-hole and π-hole bonds–mechanisms protecting doublet and octet electron structures

SJ Grabowski - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The hydrogen bond interaction and σ-hole and π-hole bonds are steered by the same
mechanisms. There is electron charge transfer from the Lewis base to the Lewis acid unit …

Hydrogen and halogen bonds are ruled by the same mechanisms

SJ Grabowski - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen and halogen bonds are compared on the basis of ab initio calculations performed
for complexes linked through these interactions. The Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules …

Classification of so-called non-covalent interactions based on VSEPR model

SJ Grabowski - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The variety of interactions have been analyzed in numerous studies. They are often
compared with the hydrogen bond that is crucial in numerous chemical and biological …

Pnicogen and tetrel bonds—Tetrahedral Lewis acid centres

SJ Grabowski - Structural Chemistry, 2019 - Springer
It is obvious and well known that the hydrogen bond plays a crucial role in numerous
physical, chemical and biochemical processes. However, the significance of other …

Unpaired and σ bond electrons as H, Cl, and Li bond acceptors: an anomalous one-electron blue-shifting chlorine bond

B Raghavendra, E Arunan - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2007 - ACS Publications
Ab initio, DFT, and AIM theoretical studies on H-, Cl-, and Li-bonded complexes have been
carried out with typical lone pair (H2O), π (C2H4) and σ (H2) bonded pairs, and unpaired …

σ‐Hole Bond Versus Hydrogen Bond: From Tetravalent to Pentavalent N, P, and As Atoms

SJ Grabowski - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ab initio calculations were performed on complexes of ZH4+ (Z= N, P, As) and their fluoro
derivatives, ZFH3+ and ZF4+, with a HCN (or LiCN) molecule acting as the Lewis base …

Dihydrogen bond and X–H… σ interaction as sub‐classes of hydrogen bond

SJ Grabowski - Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dihydrogen bond (DHB) and X–H… σ interaction are discussed and compared here. Both
interactions possess numerous characteristics of the hydrogen bond (HB). The Natural Bond …

Hydrogen bond types which do not fit accepted definitions

SJ Grabowski - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
There are various interactions that either partially fit or do not fit the currently accepted
definitions of the hydrogen bond. However, they possess characteristics of this interaction. It …