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Combining Solid-state and Solution-based Techniques: Synthesis and Reactivity of ChalcogenidoplumbatesII or IV
Published on: December 29, 2016
Charge-displacement analysis as a tool to study chalcogen bonded adducts and predict their association constants in
Gianluca Ciancaleoni1, Claudio Santi2, Mirco Ragni3
1Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. g.ciancaleoni@ufsc.br.
Abstract:
The secondary interaction between a polarized chalcogen atom and different Lewis bases, either anionic or neutral, has been studied by charge displacement analysis. Using charge displacement analysis, the charge rearrangement in the adduct upon the formation of the interaction has been quantified and described in great detail. By comparing the theoretical results with the experimental association constants, two linear correlations can be found for anionic and neutral bases. Such correlations can be used to reliably predict the association constants of adducts for which experimental data are not available yet.
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