ENCODING AND DECODING HYDROGEN-BOND PATTERNS OF ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS
ENCODING AND DECODING HYDROGEN-BOND PATTERNS OF ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS
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DOI:
10.1021/ar00172a005
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发表时间:
1990-04-01
影响因子:
18.3
通讯作者:
ETTER, MC
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作者:
ETTER, MC
Are hydrogen-bond patterns predictable? Benzoic acids form cyclic dimers. Salicylic acid has an intra-molecular hydrogen bond. These hydrogen-bond pat-terns seem obvious because they satisfy the chemical criteria of pairing a somewhat acidic hydrogen with an electronegative atom, and because spectroscopic and crystallographic studies have confirmed our chemical intuition about how and when hydrogen bonds should form in these and in similar frequently studied struc-tures. 1 But what about other, less studied, yet simple compounds like diacetamide? Diacetamide has two proton acceptors, one proton donor, and threepossible conformers each of which could form two-or threecentered hydrogen-bonded chains or dimers. Four of the hydrogen-bond possibilities are shown. Patterns 1 and 3 are found in the two polymorphs of diacetamide. 2 Besides these patterns, diacetamide also cocrystallizes with many other hydrogen-bonding molecules. 3 The inherent complexities in making such predictions are apparent in the intricate hydrogen-bond pattern ob-/' o o-o o i i