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Abstract
Multidentate neutral halogen bonding (XB) catalysts based on iodinated icosahedral ortho-carborane moieties are introduced. Co-crystallization-studies, calorimetric measurements, and 1H NMR titrations demonstrate their strong binding to halides and neutral compounds, further underlined by quantum-chemical calculations. Thus, their superior Lewis acidity compared to traditional perfluorinated halogen-bond donors has been shown. The iodocarborane catalysts also outperformed the latter in a halide abstraction reaction and catalyzed a nitro-Michael addition reaction, which was previously out of reach for neutral XB-based organocatalysts.
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Synthesis of halogen bond donors, spectroscopic data, calorimetry data, crystallographic data, computational data.
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