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The pancake bond: on the border of covalent and intermolecular

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The two-electron multicentre (2e/mc) bond or pancake bond, a weak π-bond occurring between planar π-based organic radicals, is described and discussed.
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Published
Jan 01, 2025
Vol/Issue
27(29)
Pages
4932-4940
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Funding
Hrvatska zaklada za znanost Award: IP-2024-05-8711
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Krešimir Molčanov, Petra Stanić (2025). The pancake bond: on the border of covalent and intermolecular. CrystEngComm, 27(29), 4932-4940. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ce00286a