THE NATURE OF PI-PI INTERACTIONS
THE NATURE OF PI-PI INTERACTIONS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00170a016
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发表时间:
1990-07-04
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
SANDERS, JKM
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作者:
HUNTER, CA;SANDERS, JKM
A simple model of the charge distribution in a .pi.-system is used to explain the strong geometrical requirements for interactions between aromatic molecules. The key feature of the model is that it considers the .sigma.-framework and the .pi.-electrons separately and demonstrates that net favorable .pi.-.pi. interactions are actually the result of .pi.-.pi. interactions are actually the result of .pi.-.sigma. attractions that overcome .pi.-.pi. repulsions. The calculations correlate with observations made on porphyrin .pi.-.pi. interactions both in solution and in the crystalline state. By using an idealized .pi.-atom, some general rules for predicting the geometry of favorable .pi.-.pi. interactions are derived. In particular a favorable offset or slipped geometry is predicted. These rules successfully predict the geometry of intermolecular interactions in the crystal structures of aromatic molecules and rationalize a range of host-guest phenomena. The theory demonstrates that the electron donor-acceptor (EDA) concept can be misleading: it is the properties of the atoms at the points of intermolecular contact rather than the overall molecular properties which are important.