Issue 40, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Can non-polar hydrogen atoms accept hydrogen bonds?†‡

Lixu Yang,a   Thomas A. Hubbarda  and  Scott L. Cockroft*a  

* Corresponding authors

a EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Rd, Edinburgh, UK
E-mail: scott.cockroft@ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)131 650 4758

Abstract

We examine an unusual case where a neutral hydrogen atom acts as a hydrogen-bond acceptor. The association constant between trihexylsilane and perfluoro-tert-butanol was measured as ∼0.8 M−1 in cyclohexane. Computations and experimental NMR data are consistent with a weak, but favourable Si–H⋯HO interaction.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC46048G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Aug 2013
Accepted
20 Sep 2013
First published
22 Oct 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 5212-5214

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Can non-polar hydrogen atoms accept hydrogen bonds?

L. Yang, T. A. Hubbard and S. L. Cockroft, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 5212 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC46048G

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