Hydrogen bonding in oxalic acid and its complexes: A database study of neutron structures

The basic result of carboxylic group that the oxygen atom of the -OH never seems to be a hydrogen bond acceptor is violated in the cases, namely urea oxalic acid and bis urea oxalic acid complexes, where the hydroxyl oxygen atom is an acceptor of a weak N—H… O hydrogen bond. The parameters of this h...

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Published in:Pramāṇa 2004-08, Vol.63 (2), p.263-269
Main Authors: Chitra, R., Das, Amit, Choudhury, R. R., Ramanadham, M., Chidambaram, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acids
Bonding strength
Hydrogen bonding
Hydrogen bonds
Oxalic acid
Oxygen
Ureas
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Summary:The basic result of carboxylic group that the oxygen atom of the -OH never seems to be a hydrogen bond acceptor is violated in the cases, namely urea oxalic acid and bis urea oxalic acid complexes, where the hydroxyl oxygen atom is an acceptor of a weak N—H… O hydrogen bond. The parameters of this hydrogen bond, respectively in these structures are: hydrogen acceptor distance 2.110 Å and 2.127 Å and the bending angle at hydrogen, 165.6° and 165.8°. The bond strength around the hydroxyl oxygen is close to 1.91 valence units, indicating that it has hardly any strength left to form hydrogen bonds. These two structures being highly planar, force the formation of this hydrogen bond. As oxalic acid is the common moiety, the structures of the two polymorphs, α-oxalic acid and β-oxalic acid, also were looked into in terms of hydrogen bonding and packing.
ISSN:0304-4289
0973-7111
DOI:10.1007/BF02704983