The role of aromatic rings as hydrogen-bond acceptors in molecular recognition

Observations of phenol-benzene and ammonia—benzene complexes in the gas phase show that hydrogen bonds link their proton donors to the π electrons of the benzene with a bond energy of between 2 and 4 kcal mol -1 , large enough to be biologically significant. Intramolecular hydrogen bonds between OH and NH donors and aromatic acceptors have also been found in crystal structures of organic compounds. NH-aromatic interactions stabilize x-helices if donors and acceptors occur at successive turns of the helix. These interactions also contribute to the stability of several proteins and play an important part in cellular and synaptic signal transmission.

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. o2400-o2400
Author(s):  
Chang-Chih Hsieh ◽  
Hon Man Lee ◽  
Yih-Chern Horng

In the title compound, C14H13NOS2, the S atom with the methyl group is involved in an intramolecular hydrogen bond with the amido H atom. In the crystal, the sulfanyl H atoms form intermolecular hydrogen bonds with the O atoms, connecting the molecules into zigzag chains along thecaxis. The two aromatic rings exhibit a small interplanar angle of 16.03 (9)°.


2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 1010-1020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler Trefz ◽  
Md. Khayrul Kabir ◽  
Rajsapan Jain ◽  
Brian O. Patrick ◽  
Robin G. Hicks

The redox (chemical and electrochemical) properties of several hydroquinones are reported in which the OH protons are engaged in intramolecular hydrogen bonds to a nitrogen-based acceptor (pyridine or amine). The 1,4-hydroquinones generally undergo reversible oxidation to quinones in which both OH protons have transferred to the pendant bases; the oxidation processes are generally chemically and electrochemically reversible, in stark contrast with normal hydroquinones, which are oxidized irreversibly (via proton loss) to quinones. The oxidation processes, believed to occur in concerted proton/electron transfer steps, are at much lower potentials for the hydrogen-bonded derivatives relative to unsubstituted derivatives. In contrast, isomeric 1,3-hydroquinones (resorcinols) are oxidized irreversibly at relatively high potentials. The stability of some of the 1,4-hydroquinone oxidized species permits their isolation and characterization both spectroscopically and structurally. Somewhat surprisingly, in the oxidized species in which the proton is now located on the nitrogen base, the characterization data indicate that there is no NH−O hydrogen bond. Relationships between the particulars of the redox properties of the hydroquinones (potentials, reversibility/stability) and molecular structure are discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Hübscher ◽  
Michael Günthel ◽  
Robert Rosin ◽  
Wilhelm Seichter ◽  
Florian Mertens ◽  
...  

Two new linker-type molecules 1a and 1b composed of o-hydroxyacetophenone coordinative groups attached to linear ethynylene or 1,4-phenylenediethynylene spacer units have been synthesised and structurally characterised. An X-ray crystallographic study for both compounds has shown structures with strong intramolecular hydrogen bonds fitting in the model of ‘Intramolecular Resonance Assisted Hydrogen Bond (IRHAB)’. Initial coordination experiments with Cu(II) were performed and the resulting materials characterised by PXRD. The similarity of the copper coordination between these compounds and copper(II) acetylacetonate complexes was demonstrated by XPS measurements. Based on the evidence of these studies, and on elemental analysis, the formation of the corresponding coordination polymers comprising Cu(II) and the linkers has been proposed


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (42) ◽  
pp. 23026-23037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Durlak ◽  
Zdzisław Latajka

The dynamics of the intramolecular short hydrogen bond in the molecular crystal of benzoylacetone and its deuterated analogue are investigated using ab initio molecular dynamics simulations.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
James A. Kaduk ◽  
Nicholas C. Boaz ◽  
Emma L. Markun ◽  
Amy M. Gindhart ◽  
Thomas N. Blanton

The crystal structure of osimertinib mesylate Form B has been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data and optimized using density functional techniques. Osimertinib mesylate Form B crystallizes in space group P-1 (#2) with a = 11.42912(17), b = 11.72274(24), c = 13.32213(22) Å, α = 69.0265(5), β = 74.5914(4), γ = 66.4007(4)°, V = 1511.557(12) Å3, and Z = 2. The crystal structure is characterized by alternating layers of cation–anion and parallel stacking interactions parallel to the ab-planes. The cation is protonated at the nitrogen atom of the dimethylamino group, which forms a strong hydrogen bond between the cation and the anion. That hydrogen atom also participates in a weaker intramolecular hydrogen bond to an amino nitrogen. There are two additional N–H⋅⋅⋅O hydrogen bonds between the cation and the anion. Several C–H⋅⋅⋅O hydrogen bonds also link the cations and anions. The powder pattern has been submitted to ICDD® for inclusion in the Powder Diffraction File™.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-134
Author(s):  
Nhung Ngo Thi Hong ◽  
Huong Dau Thi Thu ◽  
Trung Nguyen Tien

Nine stable structures of complexes formed by interaction of guanine with thymine were located on potential energy surface at B3LYP/6-311++G(2d,2p). The complexes are quite stable with interaction energy from -5,8 to -17,7 kcal.mol-1. Strength of complexes are contributed by hydrogen bonds, in which a pivotal role of N−H×××O/N overcoming C−H×××O/N hydrogen bond, up to to 3.5 times, determines stabilization of complexes investigated. It is found that polarity of N/C−H covalent bond over proton affinity of N/O site governs stability of hydrogen bond in the complexes. The obtained results show that the N/C−H×××O/N red-shifting hydrogen bonds occur in all complexes, and a larger magnitude of an elongation of N−H compared C-H bond length accompanied by a decrease of its stretching frequency is detected in the N/C−H×××O/N hydrogen bond upon complexation. The SAPT2+ analysis indicates the substantial contribution of attractive electrostatic energy versus the induction and dispersion terms in stabilizing the complexes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. o385-o386
Author(s):  
Alexandre C. Silvino ◽  
Juliana M. Torres

The whole molecule of the title compound, C22H28N2, (I), is generated by inversion symmetry. The molecule is rather similar to that of 2,3-bis[(2-tert-butylphenyl)imino]butane, (II), a diimine ligand comprising similar structural features [Ferreiraet al.(2006).Acta Cryst.E62, o4282–o4284]. Both ligands crystallize with the –N=C(R)—C(R)=N– group around an inversion centre, in atransconfiguration. Comparing the two structures, it may be noted that the independent planar groups in both molecules [the central link, –N=C(R)—C(R)=N–, and the terminal aromatic ring] subtend an angle of 69.6 (1)° in (II) and 49.4 (2)° in (I). Ferreira and co-workers proposed that such angle deviation may be ascribed to the presence of two non-classical intramolecular hydrogen bonds and steric factors. In fact, in (I), similar non-classical hydrogen bonds are observed, and the larger angular deviation in (II) may be assigned to the presence of methyl groups in the diimino fragment, which can cause steric hindrance due to the presence of bulkytert-butyl substituents in the aromatic rings. The C=N bond lengths are similar in both compounds and agree with comonly accepted values.


2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (11) ◽  
pp. 2176-2186
Author(s):  
G. S. Tsebrikova ◽  
Yu. I. Rogacheva ◽  
I. S. Ivanova ◽  
A. B. Ilyukhin ◽  
V. P. Soloviev ◽  
...  

Abstract 2-Hydroxy-5-methoxyphenylphosphonic acid (H3L1) and the complex [Cu(H2L1)2(H2O)2] were synthesized and characterized by IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, and X-ray diffraction analysis. The polyhedron of the copper atom is an axially elongated square bipyramid with oxygen atoms of phenolic and of monodeprotonated phosphonic groups at the base and oxygen atoms of water molecules at the vertices. The protonation constants of the H3L1 acid and the stability constants of its Cu2+ complexes in water were determined by potentiometric titration. The protonation constants of the acid in water are significantly influenced by the intramolecular hydrogen bond and the methoxy group. The H3L1 acid forms complexes CuL‒ and CuL24‒ with Cu2+ in water.


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