Tuning proton disorder in 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid dimers: the effect of local environment
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2013-01-04
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American Chemical Society
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The carboxylic acid dimer is a frequently observed intermolecular association used in crystal engineering and design, which can show proton disorder across its hydrogen bonds. Proton disorder in benzoic acid dimers is a dynamic, temperature-dependent process whose reported occurrence is still relatively rare. A combination of variable temperature X-ray and neutron diffraction has been applied to demonstrate the effect of local crystalline environment on both the degree and onset of proton disorder in 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid dimers. Dimers which have significantly asymmetric local intermolecular interactions are found to have a higher onset temperature for occupation of a second hydrogen atom site to be observed, indicating a greater energy asymmetry between the two configurations. Direct visualization of the electron density of hydrogen atoms within these dimers using high resolution X-ray diffraction data to characterize this disorder is shown to provide remarkably good agreement with that derived from neutron data. © 2013, American Chemical Society
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Benzoic acid, Temperature dependence, Carboxylic acids, Complexes, Migration, Biology
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Jones, A.O.F., Blagden, N., McIntyre, G.J., Parkin, A., Seaton, C.C., Thomas, L.H., Wilson, C.C. (2013). Tuning proton disorder in 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid dimers: the effect of local environment. Crystal Growth & Design, 13(2), 497-509. doi:10.1021/cg300906j