Intermolecular n→π* Interactions in Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis

Xu-Dong Wang; Jun Zhu; De-Xian Wang

doi:10.1002/cplu.202300288

Intermolecular n→π* Interactions in Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis

Chempluschem. 2023 Sep;88(9):e202300288. doi: 10.1002/cplu.202300288.

Authors

Xu-Dong Wang¹, Jun Zhu^{1

2}, De-Xian Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.

PMID: 37609956
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300288

Abstract

The n→π* interactions describing attractive force between lone pairs (lps) of nucleophile and carbonyl or polarized unsaturated bonds have recently attracted growing attentions in various disciplines. So far, such non-covalent driving force are mainly concentrated to intramolecular systems. Intermolecular n→π* interactions in principle could produce fascinated supramolecular systems or facilitate organic reactions, however, they remain largely underexplored due to the very weak energy of individual interaction. This review attempts to give an overview of the challenging intermolecular n→π* interactions, much efforts emphasize the supramolecular systems, catalytic processes and spectroscopic measurements.

Keywords: We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22371285, 91956126, 22171271) and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS-CXXM-202002) for financial support..

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