Halogens in Acetophenones Direct the Hydrogen Bond Docking Preference of Phenol via Stacking Interactions

Do Halogen–Hydrogen Bond Donor Interactions Dominate the Favorable Contribution of Halogens to Ligand–Protein Binding?

Halogens are present in a significant number of drugs, contributing favorably to ligand-protein binding. Currently, the contribution of halogens, most notably chlorine and bromine, is largely attributed to halogen bonds involving favorable interactions with hydrogen bond acceptors. However, we show that halogens acting as hydrogen bond acceptors potentially make a more favorable contribution to...

Theoretical study of - stacking interactions in substituted-coronene||cyclooctatetraene complexes: A system without direct electrostatic effects of substituents

Stability of the ;-; stacking interactions in the substituted-coronene||cyclooctatetraene complexes wasstudied using the computational quantum chemistry methods (where || denotes ;–; stackinginteraction, and substituted-coronene is coronene which substituted with four similar X groups; X =OH, SH, H, F, CN, and NO). There are meaningful correlations between changes of geometricalparameters and t...

MP2 study on the variation of stacking interactions in aniline and some para substituted aniline systems

The use of appropriate level of theories for studying weak van der Waal interactions such as 8-8stacking interactions of aromatic molecules has been an important aspect, since the high levelmethods have limitations for application to large molecules. The differences in the stacking energiesof various aromatic molecular structures are found significant. It is also very important for identifyingt...

Nucleobase-fluorobenzene interactions: hydrogen bonding wins over pi stacking.

The Influence of Cation-π Interactions on the Strength and Nature of Intramolecular O...H Hydrogen Bond in Orthohydroxy Benzaldehyde Compound

The influence of cation-π interactions on the strength and nature of intramolecular O...H hydrogen bond has been investigated by quantum chemical calculations in orthohydroxy benzaldehyde (HBA) compound. Ab initio calculations have been performed at MP2/6-311++G** level of theory. Vibrational frequencies and physical properties such as chemical potential and chemical hardness of these compounds...