title: Predicted signs of reduced two-bond spin-spin coupling constants (2hKX-Y) across X-H-Y hydrogen bonds.
abstract: The reduced two-bond Fermi-contact terms and the reduced spin-spin coupling constants (2h)K(X-Y) across X-H-Y hydrogen bonds for complexes stabilized by C-H-N, N-H-N, O-H-N, F-H-N, C-H-O, O-H-O, F-H-O and C-H-F hydrogen bonds are positive. The NMR Triplet Wavefunction Model (NMRTWM) indicates that the signs of the reduced FC terms and (2h)K(X-Y) are determined by excited triplet states that have an odd number of nodes intersecting the X-Y axis between X and Y, thereby leading to an antiparallel alignment of the nuclear magnetic moments of atoms X and Y.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio 44555, USA. jdelbene@ysu.edu
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Del Bene
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elguero
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013113:Spin Labels
chemical_list: D013113:Spin Labels; D006859:Hydrogen