Enhancing the hydrogen bond between the bridged hydrogen atom of diborane and ammonia
Lei Gao1, Xueying Zhang, Lingpeng Meng
1Institute of Computational Quantum Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China.
Abstract:
The character of the bridged hydrogen atom (Hb) of B2H6 has become a hot issue in recent years. In this work, the complexes B2H6 · · · NH3, B2H2X4 · · · nNH3 (n = 1, 2) and 2HF · · · B2H2X4 · · · 2NH3 (X = Cl, Br, I) were constructed and studied based on the M06-2X calculations to investigate how to enhance the Hb · · · N hydrogen-bonded interaction. When the terminal hydrogen atoms (Ht) of B2H6 were replaced by X (X = Cl, Br, I) atoms, the Hb · · · N hydrogen bond were strengthened. According to the electrostatic potentials in B2H2X4, two HF molecules were added to the interspace of the B-H-B-H four-membered ring of the B2H2X4 · · · 2NH3 complexes, and H · · · X hydrogen bond formed, resulting in further enhancing effect of Hb · · · N hydrogen bond. As a result, the positive cooperative effect of Hb · · · N hydrogen bond and H · · · X hydrogen bond do enhance the interactions of each other. The two measures not only enhance the strength of Hb · · · N hydrogen bond, but also achieve the goal to make the Hb · · · N hydrogen bond perpendicular to B · · · B direction.
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