σ-Hole bonding: A physical interpretation

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 358, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-42

  Politzer, Peter ^a,b   Murray, Jane S ^a,b   Clark, Timothy ^c,d  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

^b CleVeTheoComp LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coulombic interactions; Halogen bonding; Hole bonding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923682017     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_568     Document Type: Article

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