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Overview

José Elguero is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed to the field of chemistry with a focus on molecular interactions and inorganic chemistry. Their research spans several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist has published extensively on topics such as:

  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Ibón Alkorta
  • Josep M. Oliva
  • Maxime Ferrer
  • M. Merced Montero-Campillo
  • Rosa M. Claramunt

José Elguero has contributed to a range of publication venues, with the highest number of works appearing in:

  • ChemPhysChem
  • Structural Chemistry
  • Molecules
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Chemical Physics Letters

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by José Elguero include:

  • "Not Only Hydrogen Bonds: Other Noncovalent Interactions," 2020, Crystals
  • "Spodium Bonds: Noncovalent Interactions Involving Group 12 Elements," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "The dubious origin of beryllium toxicity," 2023, Structural Chemistry
  • "A Conceptual DFT Study of Phosphonate Dimers: Dianions Supported by H-Bonds," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Evaluation of Electron Density Shifts in Noncovalent Interactions," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Best Publications

  • From weak to strong interactions: A comprehensive analysis of the topological and energetic properties of the electron density distribution involving X–H⋯F–Y systems

    Enrique Espinosa;Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero;Elies Molins

  • Behavior of Ylides Containing N, O, and C Atoms as Hydrogen Bond Acceptors

    Isabel Rozas;and Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero

  • The Tautomerism of heterocycles

    José Elguero

  • Interaction of Anions with Perfluoro Aromatic Compounds

    Ibon Alkorta;Isabel Rozas;José Elguero

  • About the evaluation of the local kinetic, potential and total energy densities in closed-shell interactions

    E. Espinosa;I. Alkorta;I. Rozas;J. Elguero

  • Cooperative (nonpairwise) effects in water trimers: An ab initio molecular orbital study

    O. Mó;M. Yáñez;J. Elguero

  • Not Only Hydrogen Bonds: Other Noncovalent Interactions

    Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero;Antonio Frontera

  • The Tautomerism of Heterocycles: Five-membered Rings with Two or More Heteroatoms

    Vladimir I. Minkin;Alexander D. Garnovskii;José Elguero;Alan R. Katritzky

  • Basicity and Acidity of Azoles

    Javier Catalan;Jose Elguero

  • On the Reliability of Pure and Hybrid DFT Methods for the Evaluation of Halogen, Chalcogen, and Pnicogen Bonds Involving Anionic and Neutral Electron Donors.

    Antonio Bauzá;Ibon Alkorta;Antonio Frontera;José Elguero

  • Cooperativity in multiple unusual weak bonds

    Ibon Alkorta;Fernando Blanco;Pere M. Deyà;José Elguero

  • Bifurcated Hydrogen Bonds: Three-Centered Interactions

    Isabel Rozas;Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero

  • Water Clusters: Towards an Understanding Based on First Principles of Their Static and Dynamic Properties

    Jesus M. Ugalde;Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero

  • Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance Studies of Azoles. Tautomerism, Shift Reagent Effects, and Solvent Effects

    Jose Elguero;Claude Marzin;John D. Roberts

  • Structures, energies, bonding, and NMR properties of pnicogen complexes H2XP:NXH2 (X ═ H, CH3, NH2, OH, F, Cl).

    Janet E. Del Bene;Ibon Alkorta;Goar Sanchez-Sanz;José Elguero

  • Unusual Hydrogen Bonds. H···π Interactions

    Isabel Rozas;Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero

  • N‐polyazolylmethanes. 1. Synthesis and nmr study of N,N′‐diazolylmethanes

    Sebastian Juliá;Pilar Sala;José Del Mazo;Manuel Sancho

  • Photoinduced intramolecular proton transfer as the mechanism of ultraviolet stabilizers: a reappraisal

    Javier Catalan;Fernando Fabero;Maria Soledad Guijarro;Rosa Maria Claramunt

  • Theoretical Study of Strong Hydrogen Bonds between Neutral Molecules: The Case of Amine Oxides and Phosphine Oxides as Hydrogen Bond Acceptors

    Ibon Alkorta;Jose Elguero

  • Effect of N‐substituents on the 13C NMR parameters of azoles

    Mikael Begtrup;José Elguero;Robert Faure;Pelayo Camps

  • Spodium Bonds: Noncovalent Interactions Involving Group 12 Elements.

    Antonio Bauzá;Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero;Tiddo J. Mooibroek

Frequent Co-Authors

Ibon Alkorta
Ibon Alkorta Spanish National Research Council
Rosa M. Claramunt
Rosa M. Claramunt National University of Distance Education
Janet E. Del Bene
Janet E. Del Bene Youngstown State University
Manuel Yáñez
Manuel Yáñez Autonomous University of Madrid
Otilia Mó
Otilia Mó Autonomous University of Madrid
Javier Catalán
Javier Catalán Autonomous University of Madrid
Pedro Molina
Pedro Molina University of Murcia
Artur M. S. Silva
Artur M. S. Silva University of Aveiro
Hans-Heinrich Limbach
Hans-Heinrich Limbach Freie Universität Berlin
Antonio de la Hoz
Antonio de la Hoz University of Castilla-La Mancha

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