August 7, 2014
Journal Article

A Preorganized Hydrogen Bond Network and Its Effect on Anion Stability

Abstract

Rigid tricyclic locked in all axial 1,3,5-cyclohexanetriol derivatives with 0–3 trifluoromethyl groups were synthesized and photoelectron spectra of their conjugate bases and chloride anion clusters are reported along with density functional computations. The resulting vertical and adiabatic detachment energies provide measures of the anion stabilization due to the hydrogen bond network and inductive effects. The latter mechanism is found to be transmitted through space via hydrogen bonds

Revised: February 16, 2015 | Published: August 7, 2014

Citation

Samet M., X.B. Wang, and S.R. Kass. 2014. A Preorganized Hydrogen Bond Network and Its Effect on Anion Stability. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 118, no. 31:5989-5993. PNNL-SA-103120. doi:10.1021/jp505308v