The ability of the F atom of HC≡CF, H2C=CHF and H3CCH2F to serve as an electron donor to the triel (Tr) atom of TrR3 in the context of a triel bond is assessed by ab initio calculations. The triel bond formed by Csp3—F is strongest, as high as 30 kcal/mol, followed by Csp2—F, and then by Csp—F whose triel bonds can be as small as 1 kcal/mol. The noncovalent bond strength diminishes in the order Tr = Al > Ga > B, consistent with the intensity of the π-hole above the Tr atom in the monomer. The triel bond strength of the Al and Ga complexes increases along with the electronegativity of the R substituent but is largest for R=H when Tr=B. Electrostatics play the largest role in the stronger triel bonds, but dispersion makes an outsized contribution for the weakest such bonds.
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Effect of Carbon Hybridization in C—F Bond as an Electron Donor in Triel Bonds
The Journal of Chemical Physics
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Article
Publication Date
8-17-2020
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AIP Publishing LLC
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Yang, Qingqing, Chi, Zongqing, Li, Qingzhong and Steve, Scheiner. "Effect of Carbon Hybridization in C—F Bond as an Electron Donor in Triel Bonds." The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 153, no. 7, 2020, pp. 074304-1-074304-9. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0018950
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