Quantification of hyperconjugative effect on the proton donor X-H bond length changes in the red- and blueshifted hydrogen-bonded complexes

A whole dataset containing 55 hydrogen bonds were studied at the MP2∕aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory. The changes of geometries and stretching vibrational frequencies show that there are 31 redshifted and 24 blueshifted hydrogen-bonded complexes. Natural bond orbital analysis was carried out at the B3LYP∕aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory to obtain the electron densities in the bonding and antibonding orbitals of the proton donor X-H bond, which are closely associated with its bond length. Based on their relationship, a generally applicable method considering both the electron densities in the bonding and antibonding orbitals of the proton donor X-H bond has been developed to quantitatively describe the hyperconjugative effect on the X-H bond length changes in these hydrogen-bonded complexes.     

Moderate and advanced intramolecular proton transfer in urea-anion hydrogen-bonded complexes

The study of the interactions of the three urea-based receptors AH, BH(+) and CH(2+) with a variety of anions, in MeCN, has made it possible to verify the current view that hydrogen bonding is frozen proton transfer from the donor (the urea N-H fragment in this case) to the acceptor (the anion X(-)). The poorly acidic, neutral receptor AH establishes two equivalent hydrogen bonds N-H···X(-), with all anions, including CH(3)COO(-) and F(-), in which moderate proton transfer from N-H to the anion takes place. The strongly acidic, dicationic receptor CH(2+) forms, with most anions, complexes in which two inequivalent hydrogen bonds are present: one involving moderate proton transfer (N-H···X(-)) and one in which advanced proton transfer has taken place, described as N(-)···H-X. The degree of proton advancement is directly related to the basic tendencies of the anion. The cationic receptor BH(+) of intermediate acidic properties only forms complexes with two inequivalent hydrogen bonds (moderate+advanced proton transfer) with CH(3)COO(-) and F(-), and complexes with two equivalent hydrogen bonds (moderate proton transfer) with all the other anions. Moreover, [B···HF] and [C···HF](+), on addition of a second F(-) ion, lose the bound HF molecule to give HF(2)(-). Release of CH(3)COOH, with the formation of [CH(3)COOH···CH(3)COO](-), also takes place with the [B···CH(3)COOH] complex in the presence of a large excess of anion.     

Localization and moving of a proton inside hydrogen-bonded complexes in aprotic solvents

The results of the study of a number of molecular and ionic H-bonded complexes in freon solutions by ¹H NMR at 100–150 K are reported. It is shown that under these conditions the signals of OH(NH) protons belonging to various complexes, self-associates and free molecules are observed separately. The spin-spin coupling of the signals is frequently discernible. The fine structure makes it possible to distinguish between complexes with fast proton migration between two wells on the potential surface and those with the proton localized in one well (in particular, the central one). Several complexes with slow (in the NMR scale) proton migration have also been found.The results of the study of the non-catalytic proton exchange kinetics between various molecules containing OH and NH groups in dilute solutions in aprotic solvents are considered. The exchange between the RCOOH and ROH molecules goes on via the intermediate formation of a cyclic ionic pair with two equivalent H-bonds even in non-polar solvents such as cyclohexane. For exchange between two RCOOH or ROH molecules a synchronous transfer of two protons in a cyclic molecular complex is likely.     

Reaction pathways of proton transfer in hydrogen-bonded phenol-carboxylate complexes explored by combined UV-vis and NMR spectroscopy

Combined low-temperature NMR/UV-vis spectroscopy (UVNMR), where optical and NMR spectra are measured in the NMR spectrometer under the same conditions, has been set up and applied to the study of H-bonded anions A··H··X(-) (AH = 1-(13)C-2-chloro-4-nitrophenol, X(-) = 15 carboxylic acid anions, 5 phenolates, Cl(-), Br(-), I(-), and BF(4)(-)). In this series, H is shifted from A to X, modeling the proton-transfer pathway. The (1)H and (13)C chemical shifts and the H/D isotope effects on the latter provide information about averaged H-bond geometries. At the same time, red shifts of the π-π* UV-vis absorption bands are observed which correlate with the averaged H-bond geometries. However, on the UV-vis time scale, different tautomeric states and solvent configurations are in slow exchange. The combined data sets indicate that the proton transfer starts with a H-bond compression and a displacement of the proton toward the H-bond center, involving single-well configurations A-H···X(-). In the strong H-bond regime, coexisting tautomers A··H···X(-) and A(-)···H··X are observed by UV. Their geometries and statistical weights change continuously when the basicity of X(-) is increased. Finally, again a series of single-well structures of the type A(-)···H-X is observed. Interestingly, the UV-vis absorption bands are broadened inhomogeneously because of a distribution of H-bond geometries arising from different solvent configurations.     

Cooperativity and proton transfer in hydrogen-bonded triads.

Ab initio MP2/6-311+G(3df,2pd) and MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ calculations have been carried out to investigate the structures and properties of AHXHYH(3) (A=F, Cl; X=F, Cl; Y=N, P) hydrogen-bonded complexes. Significant cooperative effects are observed in the XHYH3 dyads in the triads due to the presence of the polar near-neighbor AH. These effects are greater when the polar partner is HF, which is a better proton donor than HCl. Structural changes, red shifts of proton-donor stretching frequencies, nonadditive interaction energies, and electron density redistributions unambiguously demonstrate that the X--HY hydrogen bond (HB) is stronger in the triads than in the corresponding dyads, while the X--H bond of the proton donor becomes weaker. Even more pronounced cooperative effects are observed in the AHXH dyads due to the presence of the YH3 partner. These effects are weaker in complexes having PH3 rather than NH3 as the proton acceptor, since NH3 is a stronger base. Cooperativity also enhances the proton-donating ability of the YH3 moiety, with the result that all complexes except FHFHPH3 are cyclic. Cooperativity, together with the ease of breaking the Cl--H bond in ClHClHNH3 and FHClHNH3, leads to proton transfer (PT), so that these two complexes are better described as approaching hydrogen-bonded ClHCl- x +HNH3 and FHCl- x +HNH3 ion pairs.     

Semiempirical functions of the precession magnetic shielding of the proton in the molecules of hydrogen and hydrogen halides

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Photoinduced electron and proton transfer in the hydrogen-bonded pyridine-pyrrole system

We present here a detailed analysis of the mechanism of photoinduced electron and proton transfer in the planar pyrrole-pyridine hydrogen-bonded system, a model for the photochemistry of hydrogen bonds in DNA base pairs. Two different crossings, an avoided crossing and a conical intersection, are the key steps for forward and backward electron and proton transfer providing to the system photostability against UV radiation by restoring the system in its initial electronic and geometric structure.     

New tables of ‘ring current’ shielding in proton magnetic resonance

A new theory⁶ for ‘ring current’ effects on the chemical shifts of protons in or out of the plane of a benzene ring is summarized, and pictorially compared with the predictions of the earlier semi-classical theory of Johnson and Bovey.¹ In the Appendix are presented extensive numerical tables of the predicted shieldings.     

NMR nuclear magnetic shielding anisotropy of linear molecules within the linear response within the elimination of the small component approach

The influence of the spin-Zeeman (SZ) operator in the evaluation of the spin-orbit effect on the nuclear magnetic shielding tensor in the context of the linear response within the elimination of the small component approach is critically discussed. It is shown that such term yields no contribution to the isotropic nuclear magnetic shielding constant, but it may be of great importance in the determination of individual tensor components, and particularly of the tensor anisotropy. In particular, an interesting relation between the SZ and orbital Zeeman contributions to the spin-orbit effect for the case of linear molecules is shown to hold. Numerical examples for the BrH, IH, and XeF(2) molecules are presented which show that, provided the SZ term is taken into account, results of the individual shielding tensor components and the tensor anisotropy are in good agreement with those obtained by other theoretical methods, and particularly by the Dirac-Hartree-Fock approach.     

Large chiral recognition in hydrogen-bonded complexes and proton transfer in pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrrole dimers as model compounds

The chiral recognition in the formation of hydrogen-bonded (HB) dimers of 1,6a-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrrole derivatives as well as in their proton-transfer processes have been studied by means of ab initio calculations. The heterochiral dimers are in general the most stable ones, but amphiprotic substituents that are able to form attactive interactions with twin groups revert this tendency. Energy differences up to 4.0 kcal/mol have been found favoring the homo- or heterochiral complexes. Two possible proton-transfer processes have been studied, the concerted one and the nonconcerted one. The compresion of the systems in the transition structures produce an increase in the energetic differences when compared to the corresponding minima complexes. A Steiner-Limbach relationship has been found for the geometrical properties of the HB in the minima and transition states calculated here. The electron density and its Laplacian at the bond critical point have been found to correlate with the HB distance.     

Proton magnetic shielding in the water molecule

The variation-perturbation uncoupled Hartree-Fock procedure of Karplus and Kolker is employed for the calculation of the second-order properties of the water molecule. The SCF MO LCGO ground state wave function was chosen and the first-order perturbed orbitals were approximated in the multiplicative form. The convergence of the method as well as the violation of the gauge independence are studied. For the preferred gauge origin at the electronic centroid the calculated proton shielding constant is 28.30 ppm and compares favourably with the experimental data (30.20, 30.03 ±0.60 ppm).The results for the magnetic susceptibility of the water molecule are also in reasonable agreement with experimental values.

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Zusammenfassung Die ungekoppelte Hartree-Fock Variationsstörungsrechnung von Karplus u. Kolker wird für die Berechnung von Eigenschaften 2. Ordnung des Wassermoleküls verwendet. Für die Berechnung wird die SCF MO SCGO-Wellenfunktion des Grundzustandes gewählt, und die gestörten Orbitale 1. Ordnung werden in der multiplikativen Form approximiert. Die Konvergenz der Methode und die Frage, ob die Eichinvarianz verletzt wird, werden untersucht. Für den gewählten Potential-Nullpunkt im Zentrum der negativen Ladungsverteilung beträgt die errechnete Protonenabschirmungskonstante 28,30 ppm in guter Übereinstimmung mit den experimentellen Werten (30.20, 30.03 + 0.60 ppm). Die Ergebnisse für die magnetische Suszeptibilität des Wassermoleküls sind gleichfalls in vernünftiger Übereinstimmung mit dem Experiment.

     

Calculations of influence of electric field on proton magnetic shielding in molecule,by means of Gell-Mann-Feynman theorem

A method is proposed for calculating the electric-field-linear contribution to the processional magnetic shielding of the nucleus, based on application on the Gell-Mann-Feyman theorem, using the Pade approximant. Calculational formulas have been derived for the first derivatives of the precessional magnetic shielding of the nucleus with respect to the electric field strength, these formulas containing either experimentally determinable characteristics of the molecules or characteristics obtained by interpolation of the observed properties of isoelectronic molecules. No calculations of wavefunctions are required. For hydrogen and hydrogen halide molecules, values have been calculated for the derivatives, with respect to electric field strength, of the precessional _H ⁽¹⁾ , prec and total _H ⁽¹⁾ proton magnetic shielding. The results are in good agreement with experimental data.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 21, No. 4, July–August, 1985.