Dihydrogen Bond
Principles, Experiments, and Applications
1. Edition April 2008
256 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The first book to describe the phenomenon of dihydrogen bonding in the solid-state, the gas phase, and in solution while considering numerous theoretical and experimental methodologies for its determination and characterization. The book considers the nature of dihydrogen bonds in the context of theoretical and experimental data surrounding their formation, classifying these bonds as a function of energy, geometry, strength of proton-donor and proton-acceptor sites, and establishing correlations between energetic and geometrical parameters.
The definitive, up-to-date resource on dihydrogen bonds
This unique reference consolidates current knowledge about dihydrogen bonding, emphasizing its role in organizing interactions in different chemical reactions and molecular aggregations. After an enlightening introduction and overview, Dihydrogen Bonds: Principles, Experiments, and Applications systematically:
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Analyzes the similarities and differences between dihydrogen bonds, classical hydrogen bonds, and covalent bonds
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Describes dihydrogen bonds as intermediates in intramolecular and intermolecular proton transfer reactions
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Describes the phenomenon of dihydrogen bonding in the solid-state, the gas phase, and in solution while considering numerous theoretical and experimental methodologies for its determination and characterization
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Progressively systematizes intramolecular and intermolecular dihydrogen bonds from very weak (C-H...H-C) to very strong (M-H...H-X), demonstrating how to practically distinguish dihydrogen bonding from simple dipole-dipole attraction
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Illustrates the effects of proton-hydride interactions on molecular structure and intermolecular aggregations important for supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering
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Includes experimental and theoretical approaches to investigations
This is the premier reference for physical chemists, biochemists, biophysicists,and chemical engineers. It is an invaluable resource for scientists working in the areas of materials, supramolecular structures, self-assembly, hydrogenstorage, acid catalysis, and homogeneous hydrogenation, catalyzed by transition metal complexes.
Chapter II. Brief summery on hydrogen-bonded systems: definitions and general view.
Chapter III. Concept of dihydrogen bonding.
Chapter IV. How to find a dihydrogen bond: experimental criteria of the dihydrogen bond formation.
Chapter V. Intramolecular dihydrogen bonds: the theory and experiments.
Chapter VI. Intermolecular dihydrogen-bonded complexes: from group 1A to group 4A and the xenon dihydrogen-bonded complexes.
Chapter VII. Intermolecular dihydrogen bonding in transition metal hydride complexes: bonds.
Chapter VIII. Correlation relationships for intermolecular dihdyrogen bonds.
Chapter IX. Perspectives of dihydrogen bonding in supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering.
Chapter X. Dihydrogen bonds as intermediates in intermolecular proton transfer reactions.
XI. General conclusion.
Subject Index.
