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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2022

Stacked but not Stuck: Unveiling the Role of π→π* Interactions with the Help of the Benzofuran-Formaldehyde Complex.

Xiaolong Li, Lorenzo Spada, Silvia Alessandrini, Yang Zheng, Kevin Gregor Lengsfeld, Jens-Uwe Grabow, Gang Feng, Cristina Puzzarini, Vincenzo Barone

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Xiaolong LiSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Daxuecheng South Rd. 55, Chongqing, 401331, China.
Lorenzo SpadaScuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
Silvia AlessandriniScuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126, Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3152-3261
Yang ZhengSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Daxuecheng South Rd. 55, Chongqing, 401331, China.
Kevin Gregor LengsfeldInstitut für Physikalische Chemie and Elektrochemie, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstrasse 3A, 30167, Hannover, Germany.
Jens-Uwe GrabowInstitut für Physikalische Chemie and Elektrochemie, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstrasse 3A, 30167, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2663-8091
Gang FengSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Daxuecheng South Rd. 55, Chongqing, 401331, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8631-7671
Cristina PuzzariniDipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2395-8532
Vincenzo BaroneScuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126, Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6420-4107

Funding

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca 2017A4XRCA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 1:1 benzofuran-formaldehyde complex has been chosen as model system for analyzing π→π* interactions in supramolecular organizations involving heteroaromatic rings and carbonyl groups. A joint "rotational spectroscopy-quantum chemistry" strategy unveiled the dominant role of π→π* interactions in tuning the intermolecular interactions of such adduct. The exploration of the intermolecular potential energy surface led to the identification of 14 low-energy minima, with 4 stacked isomers being more stable than those linked by hydrogen bond or lone-pair→π interactions. All energy minima are separated by loose transition states, thus suggesting an effective relaxation to the global minimum under the experimental conditions. This expectation has been confirmed by the experimental detection of only one species, which was unambiguously assigned owing to the computation of accurate spectroscopic parameters and the characterization of 11 isotopologues. The large number of isotopic species opened the way to the determination of the first semi-experimental equilibrium structure for a molecular complex of such a dimension.

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bond analysisnon-covalent interactionquantum chemistryrotational spectroscopystructure determination

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PMID34697878
PMCPMC9298890

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