Bulk Gas‐Phase Acidity

The capability of a gaseous Brønsted acid HB to deliver protons to a base is usually described by the gas‐phase acidity (GA) value of the acid. However, GA values are standard Gibbs energy differences and refer to individual gas pressures of 1 bar for acid HB, base B^?, and proton H⁺. We show that the GA value is not suited to describe the bulk acidity of a gaseous acid. Here the pressure dependence of the activities of HB, H(HB)_n⁺, and B(HB)_m^? that result from gaseous autoprotolysis have to be considered. In this work, the pressure‐dependent absolute chemical potential of the proton in the representative gaseous proton acids CH₄, NH₃, H₂O, HF, and HCl was worked out and the general theory to describe bulk gas phase acidity—that can directly be compared with solution acidity—was developed.     

Excited‐State Hydrogen Bonding Strengthening and Weakening with Intramolecular Charge Transfer in Resorufin‐Water Complexes: A TD‐DFT Study

The geometric structures, infrared spectra and hydrogen bond binding energies of the various hydrogen‐bonded Res^?‐water complexes in states S0 and S1 have been calculated using the density functional theory (DFT) and time‐dependent density functional theory (TD‐DFT) methods, respectively. Based on the changes of the hydrogen bond lengths and binding energies as well as the spectral shifts of the vibrational mode of the hydroxyl groups, it is demonstrated that hydrogen bonds HB‐II, HB‐III and HB‐IV are strengthened while hydrogen bond HB‐I is weakened in the four singly hydrogen‐bonded Res^?‐Water complexes upon photoexcitation. When the four hydrogen bonds are formed simultaneously between one resorufin anion and four water molecules in the Res^?‐4Water complex, all the hydrogen bonds are weakened in both the ground and excited states compared with those in the corresponding singly hydrogen‐bonded Res^?‐Water complexes. Furthermore, in complex Res^?‐4Water, hydrogen bonds HB‐II and HB‐IV are strengthened while hydrogen bonds HB‐I and HB‐III are weakened after the electronic excitation. The hydrogen bond strengthening and weakening in the various hydrogen‐bonded Res^?‐water complexes should be due to the redistribution of the charges among the four heteroatoms (O_1‐3 and N₁) within the resorufin molecule upon the optical excitation.     

Proton‐transfer compounds of 8‐hydroxy‐7‐iodoquinoline‐5‐sulfonic acid (ferron) with 4‐chloroaniline and 4‐bromoaniline

The crystal structures of the proton‐transfer compounds of ferron (8‐hydroxy‐7‐iodoquinoline‐5‐sulfonic acid) with 4‐chloroaniline and 4‐bromoaniline, namely 4‐chloroanilinium 8‐hydroxy‐7‐iodoquinoline‐5‐sulfonate monohydrate, C₆H₇ClN⁺·C₉H₅INO₄S⁻·H₂O, and 4‐bromoanilinium 8‐hydroxy‐7‐iodoquinoline‐5‐sulfonate monohydrate, C₆H₇BrN⁺·C₉H₅INO₄S⁻·H₂O, have been determined. The compounds are isomorphous and comprise sheets of hydrogen‐bonded cations, anions and water molecules which are extended into a three‐dimensional framework structure through centrosymmetric R₂²(10) O—H...N hydrogen‐bonded ferron dimer interactions.     

N‐Benzylnicotinamide and N‐benzyl‐1,4‐dihydronicotinamide: useful models for NAD+ and NADH

3‐Aminocarbonyl‐1‐benzylpyridinium bromide (N‐benzylnicotinamide, BNA), C₁₃H₁₃N₂O⁺·Br⁻, (I), and 1‐benzyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridine‐3‐carboxamide (N‐benzyl‐1,4‐dihydronicotinamide, rBNA), C₁₃H₁₄N₂O, (II), are valuable model compounds used to study the enzymatic cofactors NAD(P)⁺ and NAD(P)H. BNA was crystallized successfully and its structure determined for the first time, while a low‐temperature high‐resolution structure of rBNA was obtained. Together, these structures provide the most detailed view of the reactive portions of NAD(P)⁺ and NAD(P)H. The amide group in BNA is rotated 8.4 (4)° out of the plane of the pyridine ring, while the two rings display a dihedral angle of 70.48 (17)°. In the rBNA structure, the dihydropyridine ring is essentially planar, indicating significant delocalization of the formal double bonds, and the amide group is coplanar with the ring [dihedral angle = 4.35 (9)°]. This rBNA conformation may lower the transition‐state energy of an ene reaction between a substrate double bond and the dihydropyridine ring. The transition state would involve one atom of the double bond binding to the carbon ortho to both the ring N atom and the amide substituent of the dihydropyridine ring, while the other end of the double bond accepts an H atom from the methylene group para to the N atom.     

[DBU‐H]+ and H2o as effective catalyst form for 2,3‐dihydropyrido[2,3‐d]pyrimidin‐4(1H)‐ones: A DFT Study

DFT investigations are carried out to explore the effective catalyst forms of DBU and H₂O and the mechanism for the formation of 2,3‐dihydropyrido[2,3‐d]‐pyrimidin‐4(1H)‐ones. Three main pathways are disclosed under unassisted, water‐catalyzed, DBU and water cocatalyzed conditions, which involves concerted nucleophilic addition and H‐transfer, concerted intramolecular cyclization and H‐transfer, and Dimroth rearrangement to form the product. The results indicated that the DBU and water cocatalyzed pathway is the most favored one as compared to the rest two pathways. The water donates one H to DBU and accepts H from 2‐amino‐nicotinonitrile ( 1 ), forming [DBU‐H]⁺‐H₂O as effective catalyst form in the proton migration transition state rather than [DBU‐H]⁺‐OH^?. The hydrogen bond between [DBU‐H]⁺···H₂O··· 1 ^? decreases the activation barrier of the rate‐determining step. Our calculated results open a new insight for the green catalyst model of DBU‐H₂O. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

The 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)aniline (aniline yellow) with 3‐nitrophthalic, 4‐nitrophthalic and 5‐nitroisophthalic acids

The structures of the anhydrous 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of the dye precursor aniline yellow [4‐(phenyldiazenyl)aniline], namely isomeric 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium 2‐carboxy‐6‐nitrobenzoate, C₁₂H₁₂N₃⁺·C₈H₄NO₆⁻, (I), and 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium 2‐carboxy‐4‐nitrobenzoate, C₁₂H₁₂N₃⁺·C₈H₄NO₆⁻, (II), and 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium 3‐carboxy‐5‐nitrobenzoate monohydrate, C₁₂H₁₂N₃⁺·C₈H₄NO₆⁻·H₂O, (III), have been determined at 130 K. In (I) the cation has longitudinal rotational disorder. All three compounds have substructures comprising backbones formed through strong head‐to‐tail carboxyl–carboxylate hydrogen‐bond interactions [graph set C(7) in (I) and (II), and C(8) in (III)]. Two‐dimensional sheet structures are formed in all three compounds by the incorporation of the 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium cations into the substructures, including, in the cases of (I) and (II), infinite H—N—H to carboxylate O—C—O group interactions [graph set C(6)], and in the case of (III), bridging through the water molecule of solvation. The peripheral alternating aromatic ring residues of both cations and anions give only weakly π‐interactive step features which lie between the sheets.     

Two salts of 5‐sulfosalicylic acid and 3‐aminopyridine

5‐Sulfosalicylic acid (5‐SSA) and 3‐aminopyridine (3‐APy) crystallize in the same solvent system, resulting in two kinds of 1:1 proton‐transfer organic adduct, namely 3‐aminopyridinium 3‐carboxy‐4‐hydroxybenzenesulfonate monohydrate, C₅H₇N₂⁺·C₇H₅O₆S⁻·H₂O or 3‐APy·5‐SSA·H₂O, (I), and the anhydrous adduct, C₅H₇N₂⁺·C₇H₅O₆S⁻ or 3‐APy·5‐SSA, (II). Both compounds have extensively hydrogen‐bonded three‐dimensional layered polymer structures, with interlayer homo‐ and heterogeneous π–π interactions in (I) and (II), respectively.     

Theoretical Study on the Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Complexes of 5‐Hydroxytryptamine with Water

The energies, geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies of 1:1 5‐hydroxytryptamine‐water (5‐HT‐H₂O) complexes are studied at the MP2/6‐311++G(d,p) level. Natural bond orbital (NBO), quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) analyses and the localized molecular orbital energy decomposition analysis (LMO‐EDA) were performed to explore the nature of the hydrogen‐bonding interactions in these complexes. Various types of hydrogen bonds (H‐bonds) are formed in these 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes. The intermolecular C4H5^5‐HT···O^w H‐bond in HTW3 is strengthened due to the cooperativity, whereas no such cooperativity is found in the other 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes. H‐bond in which nitrogen atom of amino in 5‐HT acted as proton donors was stronger than other H‐bonds. Our researches show that the hydrogen bonding interaction plays a vital role on the relative stabilities of 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Complexes of Potassium 3‐(Pyridine‐4‐Carbonylmethyl)‐Dithiocarbazate

The preparation and characterization of some dipositive metalion complexes de rived from potassium 3‐(pyridine‐4‐carbonylmethyl)‐dithiocarbazate (PCDHK) are reported. The solid complexes of the composition ML·nH₂O (M=Cu(II), Co(II), Mn(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), L = PCD^?2, n = 0, 1, PCD^?2=PCDHK‐K⁺‐H⁺) and ML₂·2H₂O (M=UO₂(IV), L=PCDH^?1, PCDH^?1=PCDHK‐K⁺) have been characterized by elemental analyses, IR, UV, and ¹HNMR spectra. The IR spectral data indicate that PCDHK be haves as either a mononegative or binegative ligand and coordinates in a tridentate or bridging tetradentate manner.     

Sodium 2‐oxo‐3‐semicarbazono‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐indole‐5‐sulfonate dihydrate

The title compound, Na⁺·C₉H₇N₄O₅S⁻·2H₂O, presents a Z configuration around the imine C=N bond and an E configuration around the C(O)NH₂ group, stabilized by two intra­molecular hydrogen bonds. The packing is governed by ionic inter­actions between the Na⁺ cation and the surrounding O atoms. The ionic unit, Na⁺ and 2‐oxo‐3‐semicarbazono‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐indole‐5‐sulfonate, forms layers extending in the bc plane. The layers are connected by hydrogen bonds involving the water mol­ecules.     

Z and E isomers of butenedioic acid with 2‐amino‐1,3‐thiazole: 2‐amino‐1,3‐thiazolium hydrogen maleate and 2‐amino‐1,3‐thiazolium hydrogen fumarate

Maleic acid and fumaric acid, the Z and E isomers of butenedioic acid, form 1:1 adducts with 2‐amino‐1,3‐thiazole, namely 2‐amino‐1,3‐thiazolium hydrogen maleate (2ATHM), C₃H₅N₂S⁺·C₄H₃O₄⁻, and 2‐amino‐1,3‐thiazolium hydrogen fumarate (2ATHF), C₃H₅N₂S⁺·C₄H₃O₄⁻, respectively. In both compounds, protonation of the ring N atom of the 2‐amino‐1,3‐thiazole and deprotonation of one of the carboxyl groups are observed. The asymmetric unit of 2ATHF contains three independent ion pairs. The hydrogen maleate ion of 2ATHM shows a short intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bond with an O...O distance of 2.4663 (19) Å. An extensive hydrogen‐bonded network is observed in both compounds, involving N—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen bonds. 2ATHM forms two‐dimensional sheets parallel to the ab plane, extending as independent parallel sheets along the c axis, whereas 2ATHF forms two‐dimensional zigzag layers parallel to the bc plane, extending as independent parallel layers along the a axis.     

Ground‐State Structure of the Proton‐Bound Formate Dimer by Cold‐Ion Infrared Action Spectroscopy

The proton‐bound dicarboxylate motif, RCOO^??H⁺?^?OOCR, is a prevalent chemical configuration found in many condensed‐phase systems. The proton‐bound formate dimer HCOO^??H⁺?^?OOCH was studied utilizing cold‐ion IR action spectroscopy in the range 400–1800 cm^?1. The spectrum obtained at ca. 0.4 K of ions captured in He nanodroplets was compared to that measured at ca. 10 K by photodissociation of Ar‐ion complexes. Similar band patterns are obtained by the two techniques that are consistent with calculations for a C₂ symmetry structure with a proton shared equally between the two formate moieties. Isotopic substitution experiments point to the nominal parallel stretch of the bridging proton appearing as a sharp, dominant feature near 600 cm^?1. Multidimensional anharmonic calculations reveal that the bridging proton motion is strongly coupled to the flanking ?COO^? framework, an effect that is in line with the expected change in ?C=O bond rehybridization upon protonation.     

7‐Carboxyl­ato‐8‐hydroxy‐2‐methyl­quinolinium monohydrate and 7‐carboxy‐8‐hydroxy‐2‐methyl­quinolinium chloride monohydrate at 100 K

Both 7‐carboxyl­ato‐8‐hydroxy‐2‐methyl­quinolinium monohydrate, C₁₁H₉NO₃·H₂O, (I), and 7‐carboxy‐8‐hydroxy‐2‐methyl­quinolinium chloride monohydrate, C₁₁H₁₀NO₃⁺·Cl⁻·H₂O, (II), crystallize in the centrosymmetric P space group. Both compounds display an intramolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond involving the hydroxy group; this hydrogen bond is stronger in (I) due to its zwitterionic character [O⋯O = 2.4449 (11) Å in (I) and 2.5881 (12) Å in (II)]. In both crystal structures, the HN⁺ group participates in the stabilization of the structure via intermolecular hydrogen bonds with water mol­ecules [N⋯O = 2.7450 (12) Å in (I) and 2.8025 (14) Å in (II)]. In compound (II), a hydrogen‐bond network connects the Cl⁻ anion to the carboxylic acid group [Cl⋯O = 2.9641 (11) Å] and to two water mol­ecules [Cl⋯O = 3.1485 (10) and 3.2744 (10) Å].     

Infrared Spectrum of the Adamantane+–Water Cation: Hydration‐Induced C−H Bond Activation and Free Internal Water Rotation

Diamondoid cations are reactive intermediates in their functionalization reactions in polar solution. Hydration is predicted to strongly activate their C?H bonds in initial proton abstraction reactions. To study the effects of microhydration on the properties of diamondoid cations, we characterize herein the prototypical monohydrated adamantane cation (C₁₀H₁₆⁺–H₂O, Ad⁺–W) in its ground electronic state by infrared photodissociation spectroscopy in the CH and OH stretch ranges and dispersion‐corrected density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The water (W) ligand binds to the acidic CH group of Jahn–Teller distorted Ad⁺ via a strong CH???O ionic H‐bond supported by charge–dipole forces. Although W further enhances the acidity of this CH group along with a proton shift toward the solvent, the proton remains with Ad⁺ in the monohydrate. We infer essentially free internal W rotation from rotational fine structure of the ν₃ band of W, resulting from weak angular anisotropy of the Ad⁺–W potential.     

L‐Argininium phosphite – a new candidate for NLO materials

In order to investigate the possibility of salt formation in the L‐Arg–H₃PO₃–H₂O system, single crystals of L‐argininium phosphite, C₆H₁₅N₄O₂⁺·H₂PO₃⁻, were prepared by evaporation of an aqueous solution containing equimolar quantities of L‐arginine and phosphorous acid. The asymmetric unit contains one L‐argininium(+) cation and one phosphite [HPO₂(OH)]⁻ anion. The phosphite anions form chains parallel to [010] by O—H...O hydrogen bonding, with an O...O distance of 2.630 (3) Å. The protonated amine and guanidyl groups of the L‐argininium(+) cations form N—H...O hydrogen bonds with the carboxylate groups and anions. The IR and Raman spectra are discussed in relation to the crystal structure. The salt displays nonlinear optical (NLO) properties. Another salt was obtained from a solution with a 1:2 molar ratio of components, but was characterized by vibrational spectra only.     

The proton‐transfer compounds of strychnine with achiral salicylic acids: strychninium 3,5‐dinitro­salicylate and the strychninium 5‐nitro­salicylate bis­(5‐nitro­salicylic acid) adduct

In the crystal structures of the proton‐transfer compounds of strychnine with 3,5‐dinitro­salicylic acid, namely strychninium 3,5‐dinitro­salicylate, C₂₁H₂₃N₂O₂⁺·C₇H₃N₂O₇⁻, (I), and 5‐nitro­salicylic acid, namely strychninium–5‐nitro­salicylate–5‐nitro­salicylic acid (1/1/2), C₂₁H₂₃N₂O₂⁺·C₇H₄NO₅⁻·2C₇H₅NO₅, (II), protonation of one of the N atoms of the strychnine mol­ecule occurs and this group is subsequently involved in inter­molecular hydrogen‐bonding inter­actions. In (I), this is four‐centred, the primary being with an adjacent strychninium carbonyl O‐atom acceptor in a side‐to‐side inter­action giving linear chains. Other inter­actions are with the phenolate and nitro O‐atom acceptors of the anionic species, resulting in a one‐dimensional polymer structure. In (II), the N⁺—H inter­action is three‐centred, the hydrogen bonding involving carboxyl O‐atom acceptors of the anion and both acid adduct species, giving unique discrete hetero‐tetramer units. The structure of (II) also features π‐bonding inter­actions between the two acid adduct mol­ecules.     

Two‐ and three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded structures in the 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of 4,5‐dichlorophthalic acid with the isomeric monoaminobenzoic acids

The crystal structures of the 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of 4,5‐dichlorophthalic acid with the three isomeric monoaminobenzoic acids, namely the hydrate 2‐carboxyanilinium 2‐carboxy‐4,5‐dichlorobenzoate dihydrate, C₇H₈NO₂⁺·C₈H₃Cl₂O₄⁻·2H₂O, (I), and the anhydrous salts 3‐carboxyanilinium 2‐carboxy‐4,5‐dichlorobenzoate, C₇H₈NO₂⁺·C₈H₃Cl₂O₄⁻, (II), and 4‐carboxyanilinium 2‐carboxy‐4,5‐dichlorobenzoate, C₇H₈NO₂⁺·C₈H₃Cl₂O₄⁻, (III), have been determined at 130 K. Compound (I) has a two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded sheet structure, while (II) and (III) are three‐dimensional. All three compounds feature sheet substructures formed through anilinium N⁺—H...O_carboxyl and anion carboxylic acid O—H...O_carboxyl interactions and, in the case of (I), additionally linked through the donor and acceptor associations of the solvent water molecules. However, (II) and (III) have additional lateral extensions of these substructures though cyclic R²₂(8) associations involving the carboxylic acid groups of the cations. Also, (II) and (III) have cation–anion π–π aromatic ring interactions. This work provides further examples illustrating the regular formation of network substructures in the 1:1 proton‐transfer salts of 4,5‐dichlorophthalic acid with the bifunctional aromatic amines.     

Three‐dimensional networks in 5‐methylimidazolium 3‐carboxy‐4‐hydroxybenzenesulfonate and bis(5‐methylimidazolium) 3‐carboxylato‐4‐hydroxybenzenesulfonate

The two title proton‐transfer compounds, 5‐methylimidazolium 3‐carboxy‐4‐hydroxybenzenesulfonate, C₄H₇N₂⁺·C₇H₅O₆S⁻, (I), and bis(5‐methylimidazolium) 3‐carboxylato‐4‐hydroxybenzenesulfonate, 2C₄H₇N₂⁺·C₇H₅O₆S²⁻, (II), are each organized into a three‐dimensional network by a combination of X—H...O (X = O, N or C) hydrogen bonds, and π–π and C—H...π interactions.     

1‐Carboxymethyl‐3‐methyl‐1H‐imidazol‐3‐ium chloride 2‐(3‐methyl‐1H‐imidazol‐3‐ium‐1‐yl)acetate monohydrate: a crystal stabilized by imidazolium zwitterions

The title compound, C₆H₉N₂O₂⁺·Cl⁻·C₆H₈N₂O₂·H₂O, contains one 2‐(3‐methyl‐1H‐imidazol‐3‐ium‐1‐yl)acetate inner salt molecule, one 1‐carboxymethyl‐3‐methyl‐1H‐imidazol‐3‐ium cation, one chloride ion and one water molecule. In the extended structure, chloride anions and water molecules are linked via O—H...Cl hydrogen bonds, forming an infinite one‐dimensional chain. The chloride anions are also linked by two weak C—H...Cl interactions to neighbouring methylene groups and imidazole rings. Two imidazolium moieties form a homoconjugated cation through a strong and asymmetric O—H...O hydrogen bond of 2.472 (2) Å. The IR spectrum shows a continuous D‐type absorption in the region below 1300 cm⁻¹ and is different to that of 1‐carboxymethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium chloride [Xuan, Wang & Xue (2012). Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 96 , 436–443].     

Transport Processes at α‐Quartz–Water Interfaces: Insights from First‐Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Car–Parrinello molecular dynamics (CP–MD) simulations are performed at high temperature and pressure to investigate chemical interactions and transport processes at the α‐quartz–water interface. The model system initially consists of a periodically repeated quartz slab with O‐terminated and Si‐terminated (1000) surfaces sandwiching a film of liquid water. At a temperature of 1000 K and a pressure of 0.3 GPa, dissociation of H₂O molecules into H⁺ and OH^? is observed at the Si‐terminated surface. The OH^? fragments immediately bind chemically to the Si‐terminated surface while Grotthus‐type proton diffusion through the water film leads to protonation of the O‐terminated surface. Eventually, both surfaces are fully hydroxylated and no further chemical reactions are observed. Due to the confinement between the two hydroxylated quartz surfaces, water diffusion is reduced by about one third in comparison to bulk water. Diffusion properties of dissolved SiO₂ present as Si(OH)₄ in the water film are also studied. We do not observe strong interactions between the hydroxylated quartz surfaces and the Si(OH)₄ molecule as would have been indicated by a substantial lowering of the Si(OH)₄ diffusion coefficient along the surface. No spontaneous dissolution of quartz is observed. To study the mechanism of dissolution, constrained CP–MD simulations are done. The associated free energy profile is calculated by thermodynamic integration along the reaction coordinate. Dissolution is a stepwise process in which two Si? O bonds are successively broken. Each bond breaking between a silicon atom at the surface and an oxygen atom belonging to the quartz lattice is accompanied by the formation of a new Si? O bond between the silicon atom and a water molecule. The latter loses a proton in the process which eventually leads to protonation of the oxygen atom in the cleaved quartz Si? O bond. The final solute species is Si(OH)₄.