Halogen bonding, the non-covalent interaction of Lewis bases with an electron-deficient region of halogen substituents, received increased attention recently. Consequently, the design and evaluation of numerous halogen-containing species as halogen bond donors have been subject to intense research. More recently, organoiodine compounds at the iodine(III) state have been receiving growing attention in the field. Due to their electronic and structural properties, they provide access to unique binding modes. For this reason, our groups have been involved in the development of such compounds, in the quantification of their halogen bonding strength (through the evaluation of their Lewis acidities), as well as in the evaluation of their activities as catalysts in several model reactions. This account will describe these contributions.

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碘 (III) 基卤素键供体：特性和应用

卤素键，路易斯碱与卤素取代基的缺电子区域的非共价相互作用，最近受到越来越多的关注。因此，作为卤键供体的许多含卤素物质的设计和评估受到了深入研究。最近，碘 (III) 状态的有机碘化合物在该领域受到越来越多的关注。由于它们的电子和结构特性，它们提供了对独特结合模式的访问。出于这个原因，我们的团队一直参与此类化合物的开发，量化它们的卤素键强度（通过评估它们的路易斯酸度），以及评估它们在几个模型反应中作为催化剂的活性。这个帐户将描述这些贡献。