Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

The halogen bond with isocyano carbon reduces isocyanide odor

  • Alexander S. Mikherdov,
  • Alexander S. Novikov,
  • Vadim P. Boyarskiy,
  • Vadim Yu. Kukushkin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16748-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Carbon atoms of various species typically function as acceptors of noncovalent interactions when they are part of a π-system. Here, the authors report their discovery of a noncovalent halogen bond involving the isocyano carbon lone pair, which results in adducts with strongly reduced isocyanide odor.