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CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 946 - 947, DOI: 10.1039/b610454a

Halogen bonding and other noncovalent interactions involving halogens: a terminology issue

Pierangelo Metrangolo, Tullio Pilati and Giuseppe Resnati

Among the various intermolecular interactions involving halogens, halogen bonding refers to those in which halogens behave as acceptors of electron density.

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