Table 4.
Relevant covalent bond, hydrogen bond and halogen bond lengths and angles in 9–12.
| C–X [Å] [X] | X···Cl− [Å] [Cl−] [R]* | C–X···Cl− | Cl−···H–N [Å] | N–H···Cl− | |
| 3-IPyBnCl, 9 | 2.101 [I1] | 3.151 [Cl1] [0.83] | 174.1° | – | – |
| 2.099 [I15] | 3.223 [Cl2] [0.85] | 174.6° | – | – | |
| 3-IPyHCl, 10 | 2.096 [I1] | 3.189 [Cl1] [0.84] | 174.3° | 3.035 | 163.0° |
| 2.114 [I8] | 3.170 [Cl4] [0.84] | 179.7° | 3.058 | 146.0° | |
| 2.105 [I15] | 3.141 [Cl1] [0.83] | 177.3° | 3.044 | 149.4° | |
| 2.096 [I22] | 3.227 [Cl4] [0.85] | 173.8° | 3.024 | 164.9° | |
| 3-BrPyHCl, 11 (CIHBAX [41]) | 1.890 [Br1] | 3.359 [Cl1] [0.89] | 162.2° | 2.995 | 152.9° |
| 3-ClPyHCl, 12 (VOQMUJ [42]) | 1.727 [Cl1] | 3.479 [Cl2] [0.92] | 156.1° | 2.993 | 169.4° |
* R = d/(rX + rD), see Equation 1.