Enhanced Aerogen-π Interaction by a Cation-π Force
Junjian Miao1, Bo Song1, Yi Gao2
1Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, P.R. China.
Abstract:
The interaction between a noble gas atom and an aromatic π-electron system, which mainly originates from the London dispersion force, is very weak and has not attracted enough attention yet. Herein, we reported a type of notably enhanced aerogen-π interaction between cation-π systems and noble gas atoms. The binding strength of a divalent cation-π system with a xenon atom is comparable to a moderate hydrogen bond (up to ca. 7 kcal mol(-1)), whereas krypton and argon atoms produce slightly weaker interactions. Energy-decomposition analysis reveals that the induction interaction is responsible for the stabilization of divalent cation-π⋅Xe species besides the dispersion interaction. Our results might be helpful to increase the understanding of some unsolved mysteries of aerogens.
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