Strong proton-shared hydrogen bonding in a methyl imidazole⋯HCl complex: evidence from matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and ab initio computations

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (17) ◽  
pp. 7116-7128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubhra Sarkar ◽  
P. K. Sruthi ◽  
N. Ramanathan ◽  
K. Sundararajan

Evidence for proton-shared hydrogen bonding is provided in a methyl imidazole⋯HCl complex using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and ab initio computations.

Author(s):  
Swaroop Chandra ◽  
B. Suryaprasad ◽  
Nagarajan Ramanathan ◽  
Sundararajan Kalyanasundaram

The role of nitrogen, the first member of pnicogen group, as an electron donor in hypervalent non-covalent interactions, has been established long ago, while observation of its electron accepting capability...


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