One hundred years of Lewis Chemical Bond!

Abstract

The special issue of the Journal of Chemical Science celebrates the 100th year of the electron pair bond proposed by G. N. Lewis. Hydrogen bonding is discussed in articles by Banerjee, Bhattacharya and Chakraborty; Karir, Fatima and Viswanathan; and Shahi and Arunan. Pavan and Guru Row discuss Cl-Cl and Cl-Br halogen bonds in the crystal structure of 4-bromo-2-chlorobenzoic acid. Shukla and Chopra discuss the substitution effect on S-F chalcogen bond. Dhindhwal and Sathyamurthy describe the effect of hydration on cation-π interactions between benzene and various cations. Bonding properties on high energy solids under high pressure is discussed in the article by Vaitheeswaran, Yedukondalu and Abraham. Lithium adsorption on monolayers of carbonaceous materials is discussed by Panigrahi, Umadevi and Narahari Sastry. Gadre and Kumar; Bijina and Suresh; and Vinod Kumar, Raghavendra and Subramanian discuss the importance of electrostatic potential/electron density topology in understanding various types of bonding.