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Does ammonia hydrogen bond?
- Source :
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Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 1987 Dec 18; Vol. 238 (4834), pp. 1670-4. - Publication Year :
- 1987
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Abstract
- Spectroscopic characterizations of the stereochemistry of complexes of ammonia (NH(3)) have strongly confirmed some long-held ideas about the weak interactions of NH(3) while casting doubt on others. As expected, NH(3) is observed to be a nearly universal proton acceptor, accepting hydrogen bonds from even some of the weakest proton donors. Surprisingly, no evidence has been found to support the view that NH(3) acts as a proton donor through hydrogen bonding. A critical evaluation of the work that has been done to gather such evidence, as well as of earlier work involving condensed-phase observations, suggests that NH(3) might well be best described as a powerful hydrogen-bond acceptor with little propensity to donate hydrogen bonds.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0036-8075
- Volume :
- 238
- Issue :
- 4834
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Science (New York, N.Y.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17737668
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.238.4834.1670