Comparison of the CH...N and CH...O Interactions Involving Substituted Alkanes

Authors

Y. Gu
T. Kar
Steve Scheiner, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

Journal of Molecular Structure

Publication Date

9-2000

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

552

Issue

1-3

First Page

17

Last Page

31

Abstract

The CH⋯N interaction between F_nH_3−nCH (proton donor) and NH₃, CH₃NH₂, and CH₂NH (acceptor) is examined by ab initio calculations and compared with the comparable CH⋯O systems. The interaction is strengthened by 1.2 kcal/mol with each F added to the donor, slightly larger than the 1.0 kcal/mol increment for CH⋯O. Like CH⋯O, the CH⋯N interaction behaves like a conventional H-bond in terms of electron density shifts and the magnitudes of the various components of the interaction energy. The CH⋯N interactions are also like CH⋯O in that they both die off more slowly as the H-bonds are stretched, in comparison to corresponding conventional H-bonds. Contrary to the behavior of the OH donor, the CH bond contracts and undergoes a blue shift upon forming a complex with either N or O acceptor, although these changes are somewhat smaller for CH⋯N and not as systematic. The differing trends are attributed to the level of cancellation between opposing forces, and not due to any fundamental difference between the two types of interaction.

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Comparison of the CH...N and CH...O Interactions Involving Substituted Alkanes Y. Gu, T. Kar, S. Scheiner J. Mol. Struct. 2000 552 17-31