Energetics, Proton Transfer Rates, and Kinetic Isotope Effects in Bent Hydrogen Bonds

Authors

Xiaofeng Duan, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Steve Scheiner, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Publication Date

7-1992

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Volume

114

Abstract

N-H^...N H-bonds which occur in intermolecular contacts and in intramolecular situations where the bond is bent are investigated by ab initio methods. Distortion of the ��(N-H^...N) angle of up to 40° from linearity results in modest increases in the barrier to proton transfer while a much higher barrier occurs in NH₂CH₂NH₃⁺ where this angular distortion is some 100°. The rate of transfer is orders of magnitude slower in the latter system. In contrast to earlier suppositions that systems containing nonlinear H-bonds are subject to smaller kinetic isotope effects, k_H/k_D for the most highly strained system is larger than in the other complexes. This distinction is attributed in part to the difference in zero-point vibrational energies but primarily to the contribution of tunneling. Not only the value of k_H/k_D but also the temperature sensitivity of this parameter is enhanced by nonlinearity of the H-bond.

Comments

Originally published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society by the American Chemical Society . Publisher’s PDF available through remote link. DOI: 10.1021/ja00040a055

Recommended Citation

Energetics, Proton Transfer Rates, and Kinetic Isotope Effects in Bent Hydrogen Bonds X. Duan, S. Scheiner J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992 114 (14), 5849-5856.