The mol-ecular and crystal structures of the title compound, C(23)H(28)Cl(2)N(2)O(2), are very close to those of the bromine-substituted analogue N,N-dicyclo-hexyl-2-(5,7-dibromo-8-quinol-yloxy)acetamide. The two cyclo-hexyl groups adopt normal chair conformation. The amide N and C atoms have a planar configuration. The crystal packing is stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and a...

Halogen bonding is a rather new but promising type of interaction for the drug discovery process. It is rather directional and involves an electron donor as binding partner. Employing quantum chemical calculations [1-3], we explore the applicability of halogen bonds in molecular design with respect to halogen-enriched fragment libraries (HEFlibs) [4]. Computational studies on protein-ligand com...

The formation of a halogen bonded self-assembled co-crystal physisorbed monolayer containing N···Br interactions is reported for the first time. The co-crystal monolayer is identified experimentally by synchrotron X-ray diffraction and the structure determined. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are also employed to assess the magnitudes of the different interactions in the layer. Sig...

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(11)H(8)BrN(3)O, is close to planar (r.m.s. deviation of all 16 non-H atoms = 0.103 Å), a conformation stabilized by an intra-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bond, which generates an S(5) ring. In the crystal structure, supra-molecular chains mediated by C-H⋯O contacts (along a) are linked into a double layer via N⋯Br halogen bonds [3.207 (5) Å] and C-Br⋯π inter-a...

The likelihood of occurrence of intermolecular contacts in crystals of halogenated organic compounds has been analysed statistically using tools based on the Hirshfeld surface. Several families of small halogenated molecules (containing organic F, Cl, Br or I atoms) were analysed, based on chemical composition and aromatic or aliphatic character. The behaviour of crystal contacts was also probe...

Hydrogen bonds and halogen bonds can be used as synthetic vectors without structural interference as long as the primary molecular recognition events are designed around a careful combination of geometric and electrostatic complementarity. In addition, a one-step procedure for the synthesis of tectons equipped with powerful hydrogen- and halogen-bond donors is presented.

36 halogen-bonded complexes YXARm (X: F, Cl, Br; Y: donor group; ARm acceptor group) have been investigated at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory. Binding energies, geometries, NBO charges, charge transfer, dipole moments, electrostatic potential, electron and energy density distributions, difference density distributions, vibrational frequencies, local stretching and bending force constan...

Halogen bonds have received a great deal of attention in recent years. Their properties, sometimes paralleled with those of hydrogen bonds, have not yet been fully understood. In this work, we investigate the nature of the intermolecular interactions between Cl(2) and Br(2) with water. Our analysis of several features of MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ-optimized stable clusters with different number and arrang...