Proton Transfer on the Edge of the Salt/Cocrystal Continuum: X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Three Isonicotinamide Salts
Proton Transfer on the Edge of the Salt/Cocrystal Continuum: X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Three Isonicotinamide Salts
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00807
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发表时间:
2021-09-30
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Schroeder, Sven L. M.
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作者:
Edwards, Paul T.;Saunders, Lucy K.;Schroeder, Sven L. M.
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has emerged as a technique that allows for characterization and classification of hydrogen bonding and proton transfer interactions in organic crystal structures, in a way that is complementary to crystallography by X-ray or neutron diffraction. Here, we analyze the nitrogen is core-level binding energies (BEs) of isonicotinamide (IN) systems with proton transfer between donor and acceptor groups at short distances. We show how a careful calibration of the BE scale places these salt systems correctly on the edge of the so-called salt-cocrystal continuum. We show how performing a fitting analysis of the data that is consistent with elemental analysis, expected stoichiometry, and quantification of adventitious carbon contamination facilitates the determination of absolute BEs with accuracy and reproducibility within +/- 0.1 eV. The determined N is core-level BEs of the protonated IN acceptors suggest that the local geometric arrangements of the donor, acceptor, and proton can influence the N is core-level BE significantly.