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Organic Fluorine Hardly Ever Accepts Hydrogen Bonds

Dunitz, Jack D., Taylor, Robin·1997·Chemistry – A European Journal

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Statistical analysis of structural data and detailed inspection of individual crystal structures culled from the Cambridge Structural Database and the Brookhaven Protein Data Bank show that covalently bound fluorine (in contrast to anionic fluoride) hardly ever acts as a hydrogen‐bond acceptor. The weakness of covalently bound fluorine as hydrogen‐bond acceptor is backed by results of new molecular orbital calculations on model systems using ab initio intermolecular perturbation theory (IMPT), and is in accord with results of other physicochemical studies and with the physical properties of fluorinated organic compounds. Factors influencing the strength of hydrogen bonding in extended systems are discussed.

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Authors
Dunitz, J. D., & Taylor, R.
Venue
Chemistry – A European Journal
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1997-01
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
89-98
ISSN
  • 0947-6539 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-3765
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W2001845444
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943
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23.58
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journal article
Language
en
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