Theory meets experiment for noncovalent complexes: The puzzling case of pnicogen interactions

W Li, L Spada, N Tasinato, S Rampino… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A gas‐phase nitrogen–nitrogen noncovalent interaction has been unveiled in the
nitroethane–trimethylamine complex in an environment free from solvent and matrix effects …

Unveiling the sulfur–sulfur bridge: Accurate structural and energetic characterization of a homochalcogen intermolecular bond

DA Obenchain, L Spada, S Alessandrini… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
By combining rotational spectroscopy in supersonic expansion with the capability of state‐of‐
the‐art quantum‐chemical computations in accurately determining structural and energetic …

Chemical promenades: Exploring potential‐energy surfaces with immersive virtual reality

M Martino, A Salvadori, F Lazzari… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The virtual‐reality framework AVATAR (Advanced Virtual Approach to Topological Analysis
of Reactivity) for the immersive exploration of potential‐energy landscapes is presented …

Quantification of the Donor‐Acceptor Character of Ligands by the Effective Fragment Orbitals

G Comas‐Vilà, P Salvador - ChemPhysChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metal‐ligand interactions are at the heart of transition metal complexes. The Dewar‐Chat‐
Duncanson model is often invoked, whereby the metal‐ligand bonding is decomposed into …

The Nature of Nonclassical Carbonyl Ligands Explained by Kohn–Sham Molecular Orbital Theory

SCC van Der Lubbe, P Vermeeren… - … A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
When carbonyl ligands coordinate to transition metals, their bond distance either increases
(classical) or decreases (nonclassical) with respect to the bond length in the isolated CO …

Diving into chemical bonding: An immersive analysis of the electron charge rearrangement through virtual reality

A Salvadori, M Fusè, G Mancini… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An integrated environment for the analysis of chemical bonding based on immersive virtual
reality is presented. Using a multiscreen stereoscopic projection system, researchers are …

Asymmetric Hydrogenation vs Transfer Hydrogenation in the Reduction of Cyclic Imines

G Facchetti, R Bucci, M Fusè, I Rimoldi - ChemistrySelect, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A comparison between the two most common reduction approaches for obtaining chiral
amines, asymmetric hydrogenation (AH) versus asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) …

Towards the SMART workflow system for computational spectroscopy

D Licari, M Fusè, A Salvadori, N Tasinato… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Is it possible to convert highly specialized research in the field of computational
spectroscopy into robust and user-friendly aids to experiments and industrial applications …

Ferrocenes with simple chiral substituents: an in-depth theoretical and experimental VCD and ECD study

A Patti, S Pedotti, G Mazzeo, G Longhi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Circular dichroism spectra in the IR range (VCD= vibrational circular dichroism) and in the
UV range (ECD= electronic circular dichroism) have been recorded for both enantiomers of …

Measurement of Diphosphine σ-Donor and π-Acceptor Properties in d0 Titanium Complexes Using Ligand K-Edge XAS and TDDFT

K Lee, H Wei, AV Blake, CM Donahue… - Inorganic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Diphosphines are highly versatile ancillary ligands in coordination chemistry and catalysis
because their structures and donor–acceptor properties can vary widely depending on the …