title: Type II halogen···halogen contacts are halogen bonds.
abstract: Cl/Br/I alternative substitutions in a series of dihalophenols indicate that type I and type II halogen···halogen contacts have different chemical nature. Only the latter ones qualify as true halogen bonds, according to the recent IUPAC definition.
authors: Laboratory of Nanostructured Fluorinated Materials of the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano , Via L. Mancinelli 7, Milano, 20131, Italy.
authors: Pierangelo
authors: P
authors: Metrangolo
authors: Laboratory of Nanostructured Fluorinated Materials of the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano , Via L. Mancinelli 7, Milano, 20131, Italy.
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Resnati
keywords: halogen bonds; halogenated phenols