Bertermann, Rüdiger, Braunschweig, Holger, Constantinidis, Philipp, Dellermann, Theresa, Dewhurst, Rian D, Ewing, William C, Fischer, Ingo, Kramer, Thomas, Mies, Jan, Phukan, Ashwini K and Vargas, Alfredo (2015) Exclusive π encapsulation of light alkali metal cations by a neutral molecule. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54 (44). pp. 13090-13094. ISSN 1521-3773

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Abstract

Cation-π interactions are one of the most important classes of non-covalent bonding, and are seen throughout biology, chemistry and materials science. However, in almost every documented case, these interactions play only a supporting role to much stronger covalent or dative bonds, making examples of exclusive cation-π bonding exceedingly rare. In this work, a neutral diboryne molecule is found to encapsulate the light alkali metal cations Li+ and Na+ in the absence of a net charge, covalent bonds, or lone-pair donor groups. The resulting encapsulation complexes are to our knowledge the first structurally authenticated species in which a neutral molecule binds the light alkali metals exclusively through cation-π interactions.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Life Sciences > Chemistry
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Depositing User:	Alfredo Vargas
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2015 09:37
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2015 16:21
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/56154

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