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Chalcogen Bonding in Crystalline and Catalyst Materials
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Chalcogen Bonding in Crystalline and Catalyst Materials

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystal Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2018)

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Dr. Kamran T. Mahmudov

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Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049–001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: noncovalent interactions - hydrogen, halogen, chalcogen, pnictogen, tetrel and triel bonds, pi-interactions, etc.; synthesis; catalysis
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Prof. Dr. Armando Pombeiro

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Centro de Quimica Estrutural, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: coordination chemistry; oxidation catalysis; electrocatalysis; alkane functionalization; carboxylation; C-C coupling; non-covalent interactions in synthesis
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Chalcogen bonding is a novel type of noncovalent interaction in which a covalently bonded chalcogen has one or more region(s) of positive electrostatic potential and acts as an electrophilic species towards a nucleophilic (negative) region(s) in another, or in the same, molecule. Directionality, strength, tunability, hydrophobicity, variable donor atom dimension and multiplicity are unique characters of the chalcogen bond, which allow the interaction to develop as a tool in the synthesis, catalysis and design of new compounds and materials. The importance of chalcogen bonding in these domains, as well as in biological systems, is well recognized and continues to increase. The goal of this forthcoming Special Issue, entitled ''Chalcogen Bonding in Crystalline and Catalyst Materials'', is intended to present an overview of the current activity in these fields. 

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue; communications, regular articles, as well as reviews, are all welcome.

Dr. Kamran T. Mahmudov  
Prof. Dr. Armando J. L. Pombeiro
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Keywords

  • Noncovalent interactions
  • Chalcogen bonding
  • Crystal engineering
  • Noncovalent catalysis
  • Cooperative effect

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Pseudo-Bifurcated Chalcogen Bond in Crystal Engineering
by Yu Zhang and Weizhou Wang
Crystals 2018, 8(4), 163; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8040163 - 9 Apr 2018
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The concept of pseudo-bifurcated chalcogen bond has been proposed for the first time in this paper. It was found that the anticooperative effects between two chalcogen bonds of the pseudo-bifurcated chalcogen bond are not very large as compared to those of the true [...] Read more.
The concept of pseudo-bifurcated chalcogen bond has been proposed for the first time in this paper. It was found that the anticooperative effects between two chalcogen bonds of the pseudo-bifurcated chalcogen bond are not very large as compared to those of the true bifurcated noncovalent bond. According to the nature of pseudo-bifurcated chalcogen bond, we designed some strong pseudo-bifurcated chalcogen bond synthons. The binding energy of the strongest pseudo-bifurcated chalcogen bond attains about 27 kcal/mol. These strong pseudo-bifurcated chalcogen bond synthons have great potential as building blocks in crystal engineering. Full article
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Intra-/Intermolecular Bifurcated Chalcogen Bonding in Crystal Structure of Thiazole/Thiadiazole Derived Binuclear (Diaminocarbene)PdII Complexes
by Alexander S. Mikherdov, Alexander S. Novikov, Mikhail A. Kinzhalov, Andrey A. Zolotarev and Vadim P. Boyarskiy
Crystals 2018, 8(3), 112; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8030112 - 27 Feb 2018
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The coupling of cis-[PdCl2(CNXyl)2] (Xyl = 2,6-Me2C6H3) with 4-phenylthiazol-2-amine in molar ratio 2:3 at RT in CH2Cl2 leads to binuclear (diaminocarbene)PdII complex 3c. The complex was characterized by HRESI+-MS, 1H NMR spectroscopy, and its structure was elucidated by single-crystal XRD. Inspection of [...] Read more.
The coupling of cis-[PdCl2(CNXyl)2] (Xyl = 2,6-Me2C6H3) with 4-phenylthiazol-2-amine in molar ratio 2:3 at RT in CH2Cl2 leads to binuclear (diaminocarbene)PdII complex 3c. The complex was characterized by HRESI+-MS, 1H NMR spectroscopy, and its structure was elucidated by single-crystal XRD. Inspection of the XRD data for 3c and for three relevant earlier obtained thiazole/thiadiazole derived binuclear diaminocarbene complexes (3a EYOVIZ; 3b: EYOWAS; 3d: EYOVOF) suggests that the structures of all these species exhibit intra-/intermolecular bifurcated chalcogen bonding (BCB). The obtained data indicate the presence of intramolecular S•••Cl chalcogen bonds in all of the structures, whereas varying of substituent in the 4th and 5th positions of the thiazaheterocyclic fragment leads to changes of the intermolecular chalcogen bonding type, viz. S•••π in 3a,b, S•••S in 3c, and S•••O in 3d. At the same time, the change of heterocyclic system (from 1,3-thiazole to 1,3,4-thiadiazole) does not affect the pattern of non-covalent interactions. Presence of such intermolecular chalcogen bonding leads to the formation of one-dimensional (1D) polymeric chains (for 3a,b), dimeric associates (for 3c), or the fixation of an acetone molecule in the hollow between two diaminocarbene complexes (for 3d) in the solid state. The Hirshfeld surface analysis for the studied X-ray structures estimated the contributions of intermolecular chalcogen bonds in crystal packing of 3a–d: S•••π (3a: 2.4%; 3b: 2.4%), S•••S (3c: less 1%), S•••O (3d: less 1%). The additionally performed DFT calculations, followed by the topological analysis of the electron density distribution within the framework of Bader’s theory (AIM method), confirm the presence of intra-/intermolecular BCB S•••Cl/S•••S in dimer of 3c taken as a model system (solid state geometry). The AIM analysis demonstrates the presence of appropriate bond critical points for these interactions and defines their strength from 0.9 to 2.8 kcal/mol indicating their attractive nature. Full article
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Tetrel, Chalcogen, and Charge-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds in 2-((2-Carboxy-1-(substituted)-2-hydroxyethyl)thio) Pyridin-1-ium Chlorides
by Firudin I. Guseinov, Mikhail F. Pistsov, Eldar M. Movsumzade, Leonid M. Kustov, Victor A. Tafeenko, Vladimir V. Chernyshev, Atash V. Gurbanov, Kamran T. Mahmudov and Armando J. L. Pombeiro
Crystals 2017, 7(11), 327; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7110327 - 28 Oct 2017
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Reaction of 2-chloro-2-(diethoxymethyl)-3-substitutedoxirane or 1-chloro-1-(substituted) -3,3-diethoxypropan-2-one with pyridine-2-thiol in EtOH at 25 °C yields 3-(diethoxymethyl)-3-hydroxy-2-substituted-2,3-dihydrothiazolo[3,2-a]pyridin-4-ium chlorides, which subsequently, in MeCN at 85°C, transforms into ring-opening products, 2-((2-carboxy-1-(substituted) -2-hydroxyethyl)thio)pyridin-1-ium chlorides. The tetrel (C···O) and chalcogen (S···O) bonds are found in the structures of 5 [...] Read more.
Reaction of 2-chloro-2-(diethoxymethyl)-3-substitutedoxirane or 1-chloro-1-(substituted) -3,3-diethoxypropan-2-one with pyridine-2-thiol in EtOH at 25 °C yields 3-(diethoxymethyl)-3-hydroxy-2-substituted-2,3-dihydrothiazolo[3,2-a]pyridin-4-ium chlorides, which subsequently, in MeCN at 85°C, transforms into ring-opening products, 2-((2-carboxy-1-(substituted) -2-hydroxyethyl)thio)pyridin-1-ium chlorides. The tetrel (C···O) and chalcogen (S···O) bonds are found in the structures of 5 and 6, respectively. Compound 6 is also present in halogen bonding with a short O···Cl distance (3.067 Å). Both molecules are stabilized in crystal by tetrel, chalcogen, and multiple charge-assisted hydrogen bonds. Full article
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