WEAKLY BONDING INTERACTIONS IN ORGANOCHALCOGEN CHEMISTRY

Weakly bonding interactions are a subject of interest for many areas of chemistry. For example, these interatomic forces are central in the association processes that lead to molecular recognition, self-assembly of supramolecular structures, crystal packing and crystal growth. The activity of biological macromolecules is determined by the structures they adopt as a result of such forces and the interaction with their substrates. The useful macroscopic properties (electric, optical or magnetic) of some materials depend on organization at a molecular level and electronic communication between neighboring molecules.