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Hydrogen bonding capabilities of group 14 homologues of HCN and HNC
Joanatan M Bautista-Renedo1, Horacio Reyes-Pérez2, Erick Cuevas-Yáñez1
1Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable UAEM-UNAM km 14.5 Carrera Toluca-Atlacomulco, Campus UAEmex "El Rosedal" San Cayetano-Toluca 50200 Toluca de Lerdo Estado de México Mexico nelymagr@gmail.com.
Abstract:
This study is directed towards assessing hydrogen bond acceptor/donor capabilities of heavier group 14 homologues of HCN and HNC. A structural, energetic and topological study using ab initio (MP2, CCSD(T)), electrostatic potential (EP) and quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) methodologies was carried out on HNX⋯HNX and HXN⋯HXN dimers and their respective monomers, where X = C, Si, Ge, Sn and Pb. The obtained results suggest the presence of weak hydrogen bonds in both kinds of complexes, and remarkably Ge and Sn act as unconventional hydrogen donors.
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