Archive for January 5th, 2013

π-hydrogen bonds as a function of ring size.

Saturday, January 5th, 2013

A simple correlation between a ring size and the hydrogen bonding as quantified by the O(Lp)/H-O σ* NBO interaction in that ring, indicated a 7- or 8-membered ring was preferred over smaller ones. Here is the same study, but this time using the π-electrons of an alkene as the electron donor.

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