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On the interaction between N-heterocyclic carbenes and organic acids: Structural authentication of the first N-H···C hydrogen bond and remarkably short C-H···O interactions

John A. Cowan, Jason A.C. Clyburne, Matthew G. Davidson, R. Luke W. Harris, Judith A.K. Howard, Patrick Küpper, Michael A. Leech, Stephen P. Richards

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Abstract

Two unprecedented hydrogen bonds were observed in the adducts obtained by the reactions of an N-heterocyclic carbene with a bulky phenol and with diphenylamine. In the former case, proton transfer yields an imidazolium aryloxide (1) containing the shortest C-H···O interaction seen to date and in the latter, the hydrogen atom remains bound to the organic acid but forms a unique N-H···C hydrogen bond (2).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1432-1434
Number of pages3
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume41
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2002

Keywords

  • Carbenes
  • Hydrogen bonds
  • Pi interactions
  • Structure elucidation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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