“The Halogen Bond” (2016), by Gabriella Cavallo et al. Chemistry research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. No free PDF was found.

The Halogen Bond

Gabriella Cavallo, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Roberto Milani et al. · January 26, 2016 · Chemistry

Abstract

The halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic region in another, or the same, molecular entity. In this fairly extensive review, after a brief history of the interaction, we will provide the reader with a snapshot of where the research on the halogen bond is now, and, perhaps, where it is going. The specific advantages brought up by a design based on the use of the halogen bond will be demonstrated in quite different fields spanning from material sciences to biomolecular recognition and drug design.

Source page DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00484