Metallophilic interaction

<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, a metallophilic interaction is defined as a type of non-<a href="/facts/Covalent_bond/EzMLf3Pz">covalent</a> attraction between <a href="/facts/Heavy_metals/Cblmy8qI">heavy metal</a> atoms. The atoms are often within <a href="/facts/Van_der_Waals_radius/PNoSTW41">Van der Waals distance</a> of each other and are about as strong as <a href="/facts/Hydrogen_bond/85V86IIg">hydrogen bonds</a>. The effect can be <a href="/facts/Intramolecular_force/f2Wxm1l3">intramolecular</a> or <a href="/facts/Intermolecular/xIcFMvL7">intermolecular</a>. Intermolecular metallophilic interactions can lead to formation of <a href="/facts/Supramolecular_assemblies/owSHJkaX">supramolecular assemblies</a> whose properties vary with the choice of <a href="/facts/Chemical_element/0jducgWD">element</a> and <a href="/facts/Oxidation_state/W53W6s6V">oxidation states</a> of the metal atoms and the  attachment of various <a href="/facts/Ligand/6etB3qeW">ligands</a> to them.
</p><p>The nature of such interactions remains the subject of vigorous debate with recent studies emphasizing that the metallophilic interaction is repulsive due to strong metal-metal <a href="/facts/Pauli_exclusion_principle/lsBKGeHD">Pauli exclusion principle</a> repulsion.
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Metallophilic interaction