Crystallography aided by atomic core-level binding energies: Proton transfer versus hydrogen bonding in organic crystal structures

Joanna S. Stevens, Stephen J. Byard, Colin C. Seaton, Ghazala Sadiq, Roger J. Davey, Sven L M Schroeder

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    Abstract

    Ionic bond or hydrogen bridge? Brønsted proton transfer to nitrogen acceptors in organic crystals causes strong N1s core-level binding energy shifts. A study of 15 organic cocrystal and salt systems shows that standard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) can be used as a complementary method to X-ray crystallography for distinguishing proton transfer from H-bonding in organic condensed matter (see picture). Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)9916-9918
    JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
    Volume50
    Issue number42
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Oct 2011

    Keywords

    • hydrogen bonds
    • photoelectron spectroscopy
    • protonation
    • solid-state structures
    • X-ray diffraction

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