Cover Feature: Halogen Complexes of Anionic N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes (Chem. Eur. J. 13/2021).

Keywords: halogen bonding; hypervalency; iodine; London dispersion; N-heterocyclic carbenes EN halogen bonding hypervalency iodine London dispersion N-heterocyclic carbenes 4214 4214 1 03/03/21 20210301 NES 210301 B Iodine complexes of anionic N-heterocyclic carbenes b (NHC) act as electrophiles towards a variety of nucleophiles, with the interactions ranging from noncovalent charge-transfer or halogen bonding to covalent 3-center, 4-electron bonding. Cover Feature: Halogen Complexes of Anionic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (Chem. Eur. J. 13/2021) Halogen bonding, hypervalency, iodine, London dispersion, N-heterocyclic carbenes. [Extracted from the article]