Hydrogen-bonded heterocomplexes formed by POOH-containing acids (diphenylphosphoric 1, dimethylphosphoric 2, diphenylphosphinic 3, and dimethylphosphinic 4) are studied by the low-temperature (100 K) 1H-NMR and 31P-NMR using liquefied gases CDF3/CDF2Cl as a solvent. Formation of cyclic dimers and cyclic trimers consisting of molecules of two different acids is confirmed by the analysis of vicinal H/D isotope effects (changes in the bridging proton chemical shift, δH, after the deuteration of a neighboring H-bond). Acids 1 and 4 (or 1 and 3) form heterotrimers with very strong (short) H-bonds (δH ca. 17 ppm). While in the case of all heterotrimers the H-bonds are cyclically arranged head-to-tail, ···O=P–O–H···O=P–O–H···, and thus their cooperative coupling is expected, the signs of vicinal H/D isotope effects indicate an effective anticooperativity, presumably due to steric factors: when one of the H-bonds is elongated upon deuteration, the structure of the heterotrimer adjusts by shortening the neighboring hydrogen bonds. We also demonstrate the formation of cyclic tetramers: in the case of acids 1 and 4 the structure has alternating molecules of 1 and 4 in the cycle, while in case of acids 1 and 3 the cycle has two molecules of 1 followed by two molecules of 3.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1907
Number of pages17
JournalMolecules
Volume25
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Apr 2020

    Scopus subject areas

  • Drug Discovery
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chemistry (miscellaneous)
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Organic Chemistry

    Research areas

  • H/D isotope effects, Heterodimers, Heterotetramers, Heterotrimers, Hydrogen bond, NMR, Phosphinic acids, Phosphoric acids, heterotrimers, HYDROGEN-BOND, heterotetramers, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, PHASE ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION, PROTON, heterodimers, DIMERS, ACETIC-ACID, phosphinic acids, SOLVENT, phosphoric acids, GAS-PHASE, hydrogen bond, CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS

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