Supramolecular adducts of formula [N(CH2CH2)3N]−H−[OOC(CH2)
n
COOH] (n = 1−7) have
been obtained by mechanochemical reaction of solid dicarboxylic acids of variable chain length
HOOC(CH2)
n
COOH (n = 1−7) with solid 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (dabco). 1H MAS and 15N
CPMAS spectra have been measured to investigate the presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonds between
acid and base. Proton and nitrogen chemical shifts allow a distinction to be made between N+−H···O-
interactions (with proton transfer) and N···H−O interactions (without proton transfer) and between strong
and weak hydrogen bonds. Correlations among isotropic 1H, 15N chemical shift data and the N−O distances
of the atoms involved in the hydrogen bond interaction are found. Density functional theory, applied to
explore changes upon hydrogen bonding in the 1H and 15N shielding parameters, is in agreement with
the experimental values found by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Hydrogen/deuterium H/D isotope effects
on the 15N NMR chemical shifts have been also investigated.
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