The stability of covalent dative bond significantly increases with increasing solvent polarity

Rabindranath Lo; Debashree Manna; Maximilián Lamanec; Martin Dračínský; Petr Bouř; Tao Wu; Guillaume Bastien; Jiří Kaleta; Vijay Madhav Miriyala; Vladimír Špirko; Anna Mašínová; Dana Nachtigallová; Pavel Hobza

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29806-3

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

The stability of covalent dative bond significantly increases with increasing solvent polarity

Rabindranath Lo,
Debashree Manna,
Maximilián Lamanec,
Martin Dračínský,
Petr Bouř,
Tao Wu,
Guillaume Bastien,
Jiří Kaleta,
Vijay Madhav Miriyala,
Vladimír Špirko,
Anna Mašínová,
Dana Nachtigallová,
Pavel Hobza

Affiliations

Rabindranath Lo: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Debashree Manna: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Maximilián Lamanec: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Martin Dračínský: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Petr Bouř: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Tao Wu: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Guillaume Bastien: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Jiří Kaleta: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Vijay Madhav Miriyala: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Vladimír Špirko: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Anna Mašínová: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Dana Nachtigallová: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Pavel Hobza: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29806-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Non covalent complexes are often considerably destabilized in the solvent. Here the authors combine vibrational Raman and NMR spectroscopy with a coupled-cluster computational investigation to show that the solvent polarity enhance the complex stability of a Me3NBH3 complex.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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