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Antagonistic Interplay Between an Intermolecular CH···O and an Intramolecular OH···O Hydrogen Bond in a 1:1 Complex
Amit Kumar Samanta1, Pujarini Banerjee2, Biman Bandyopadhyay3
1Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) , Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract:
Matrix isolation infrared spectra of a weak C-H···O hydrogen-bonded complex between the keto-enol form of 1,2-cyclohexanedione (HCHD) and chloroform have been measured. The spectra reveal that the intramolecular O-H···O H-bond of HCHD is weakened as a result of complex formation, manifesting in prominent blue shift (∼23 cm-1) of the νO-H band and red shifts (∼7 cm-1) of νC═O bands of the acceptor (HCHD). The νC-H band of donor CHCl3 undergoes a large red shift of ∼33 cm-1. Very similar spectral effects are also observed for formation of the complex in CCl4 solution at room temperature. Our analysis reveals that out of several possible iso-energetic conformational forms of the complex, the one involving antagonistic interplay between the two hydrogen bonds (intermolecular C-H···O and intramolecular O-H···O) is preferred. The combined experimental and calculated data presented here suggest that in condensed media, conformational preferences are guided by directional hyperconjugative charge transfer interactions at the C-H···O hydrogen bonding site of the complex.
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