Three isostructural halozincates, [HNH][ZnX4]·H2O (HNH2+ = protonated nicotinohydrazide, X = I (1), Br (2), Cl (3)), have been synthesized and exhibit halogen-dependent photoinduced electron transfer and chromic properties. Due to the different electron-donating nature of halogen atoms, only iodozincate hybrid 1 can easily undergo photoinduced electron transfer and eye-detectable photochromic b...

The chelate effect of a tridentate receptor is exploited to determine halogen bonding association constants that vary by several orders of magnitude, including interactions of weak donors for which thermodynamic data were not previously available. Free energy relationships with computed and experimental properties hold over this wide range of donors. The strengths of iodine- and bromine-based h...

Unconventional ionic liquid crystals in which the liquid crystallinity is enabled by halogen-bonded supramolecular anions [Cn F2 n+1 -I⋅⋅⋅I⋅⋅⋅I-Cn F2 n+1 ](-) are reported. The material system is unique in many ways, demonstrating for the first time 1) ionic, halogen-bonded liquid crystals, and 2) imidazolium-based ionic liquid crystals in which the occurrence of liquid crystallinity is not dri...

The tin atom in the substituted ammonium stannate(IV), (C(5)H(6)N)(2)[SnBr(3)(C(6)H(4)Cl)(2)Cl], lies on a center of symmetry in a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry. Each independent halogen site is occupied by bromine and chlorine anions in an approximate 3:1 ratio. The pyridinium cation forms a hydrogen bond to only one of the halogen atoms.

In the title salt, (C(9)H(14)N)[CdBr(2)Cl], the Cd(II) atom is five-coordinated in a trigonal-bipyramidal coordination environment. All three of the halogen sites show disorder as a result of substitution of Cl for Br or Br for Cl. Two of the three halogen atoms are involved in bridging a pair of Cd(II) atoms, generating a linear polyanionic chain motif.

The title compound, C(14)H(10)Cl(4), is easily crystallized while the other enanti-omorph only forms an oil upon crystallization attempts. The title compound has a considerably higher density, ρ ≃ 1.562 Mg m(-3) compared to the racemic substance, ρ ≃ 1.514 Mg m(-3). This is supported by the fact there are two inter-molecular halogen-halogen contacts in the title compound compared with only one ...

A series of novel haloglycolipids were synthesized based on Cu(i) catalyzed Huisgen's [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of diversely functionalized azides and alkynes, using a mixture of N-bromosuccinimide and Cu(i) halide as the halogen source. Since halogen atoms, like bromine and iodine, with a very high scattering power facilitate the solving of crystal structures, the title haloglycolipids co...

A series of turn-on fluorescent probes with halogen acetyl amide at the 3-position of coumarin derivatives were synthesized. Fluorescence of these probes was efficiently quenched by heavy halogen atoms (Br and I, not Cl), which could be successfully used for selective detection of biothiols with the sensitivity of Cys > GSH > Hcy and much higher than thiol containing proteins. These represent t...

The spectroscopic methods UV-Vis absorption, FT-IR and (13)C and (19)F NMR demonstrate that 1,2-diiodoperfluoroethane (DIPFE) and 1,6-diiodoperfluorohexane (DIPFH) display strong halogen bonding with halide anions. A 1 : 1 stoichiometry of DIPFE or DIPFH with halide anion is confirmed, and the bonding constants and molar extinction coefficients are obtained. With the same halide, DIPFH possesse...

The properties of a halogen-covered platinum(111) surface have been studied by using density functional theory (DFT), because halides are often present at electrochemical electrode/electrolyte interfaces. We focused in particular on the halogen-induced work function change as a function of the coverage of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. For electronegative adsorbates, an adsorption-indu...