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Royal Society of Chemistry, CrystEngComm, 42(15), p. 8572, 2013

DOI: 10.1039/c3ce41472h

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The competition between halogen bonds (Br···O) and C–H···O hydrogen bonds: the structure of the acetone–bromine complex revisited

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Abstract

A combination of single-crystal X-ray (at 110 and 200 K) and high-resolution neutron powder diffraction (110 K only) using perdeuterated samples has been used to re-determine the crystal structure of the well-known acetone-Br-2 complex. The results indicate a significant interaction between the carbonyl oxygen and the nearest Br atom leading to a marked elongation of the molecular Br-Br bond. In the earlier widely cited crystal structure, no such elongation was reported. Furthermore, the new structure indicates the presence of additional weaker C-H···O and C-H···Br interactions. In this simple complex, in which the halogen bonding is strong compared to the hydrogen bonding (C-H···O), the former interaction is found to occur close (similar to 12 degrees) to the plane of the carbonyl group, with the C-H···Br complementing the stronger halogen bond.