Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.118, No.36, 7901-7910, 2014
Analysis of CF center dot center dot center dot FC Interactions on Cyclohexane and Naphthalene Frameworks
Intramolecular CF center dot center dot center dot FC interactions in selected organofluorine compounds (all-syn-1,2,3,4- and all-syn-1,2,4,5-tetrafluorocyclohexane, 1,8-difluoronaphthalene, 4,5-difluorophenanthrene, 2,2 ',5,5 '-tetrafluorobiphenyl) were studied at the MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ level using the recently developed noncovalent interaction (NCI) method. For the optimized minima, all CF center dot center dot center dot FC interactions that are identified by this method are classified as attractive, even in those cases where suitable isodesmic reaction energies fail to provide evidence for an energetic stabilization. Possible relations between these interactions and the observable J(FF) spinspin coupling constant values are discussed.