Scheiner S (Ed.) Noncovalent Forces

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2015. — 528 p. — (Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 19) — ISBN: 978-3-319-14162-6The reader is introduced to the definition and diversity of noncovalent forces. The division of these interactions into various subtopics is explained by way of introducing each of the chapters. A brief exposition is provided of the typical means by which computational chemists study these forces, and the language that is commonly used.
Perhaps the first question a reader may have concerns the title of this volume: what is a noncovalent force? By its very name, it is clear that these forces exclude the strong bonds that hold atoms together within a molecule. What is usually meant is the collection of phenomena that attract molecules or ions toward one another. And this collection is indeed diverse. One can think first as one extreme of the strong Coulombic attractions between ions of opposite charge in a crystal of NaCl. On the other end of the spectrum lie the very weak forces between noble gas atoms as for example in an Ar matrix. These two extremes bracket a wide array of forces of intermediate strength. And it is this diverse set of phenomena which this volume is intended to address. Some will be quite familiar, as for example the H-bond, which has been part of the chemistry lexicon for over a century. But this familiar concept has undergone an expansion over the years, and now covers a range of different proton donor and acceptor groups not anticipated earlier. Other forces may be less familiar, as in the case of attractions between electronegative atoms as occurs in halogen, chalcogen, and even pnicogen bonds.Introduction to the Volume
Hydrogen Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds Involving Sulfur: New Insights from ab Initio Calculations and Gas Phase Laser Spectroscopy
CH^...π Interaction in Organic Molecules
The CH^..O H-Bond as a Determining Factor in Molecular Structure
Hydrogen Bonds Involving Radical Species
Agostic and Hydrogen-Bonding X–H^...M Interactions Involving a d8 Metal Center: Recent Advances Towards Their Understanding
What is Common for Dihydrogen Bond and H^...σ Interaction—Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Evidences
Other Bridging Atoms
The Pnicogen Bond in Review: Structures, Binding Energies, Bonding Properties, and Spin-Spin Coupling Constants of Complexes Stabilized by Pnicogen Bonds
Chalcogen Bonds in Protein Architecture
A Unified View of Halogen Bonding, Hydrogen Bonding and Other σ-Hole Interactions
The X-C^...Y Carbon Bond
Interplay of Hydrogen, Halogen, Lithium and Beryllium Bonds in Complexes of Thiirane
Understanding Lone Pair-π Interactions from Electrostatic Viewpoint
Aromatic Systems
Unraveling the Origin of Substituents Effects in π-Stacking Interactions
Noncovalent Interactions of Organic Ions with Polar Molecules in the Gas Phase
Anion-π Interactions in Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis
A Survey of DNA–Protein π–Interactions: A Comparison of Natural Occurrences and Structures, and Computationally Predicted Structures and Strengths...