O-H bond elongation in co-ordinated water through intramolecular P=O...H-O bonding. 'Snap-shots' in phosphate ester hydrolysis.
Molecular structure of [Cu(dtbp)2(phen)(OH2)] (dtbp-H = di-tert-butylphosphate, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), determined at 293, 203 and 93 K, provides useful snap-shots of O-H bond activation of a metal-bound water, which is aided by an intramolecular P=O...H-O hydrogen bonding interaction.
Murugavel
Ramaswamy
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Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076, India. rmv@iitb.ac.in
Sathiyendiran
Malaichamy
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Pothiraja
Ramasamy
R
Butcher
Ray J
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