The free jet millimeter wave absorption spectra of the 1:1
complexes between two isotopomers of
pyrrolidine (normal and N-D) and four isotopomers of water
(H2O, HOD, D2O, and
H2
18O) have been assigned.
Although only the rotational spectrum of axial-pyrrolidine has
been previously reported, the adduct is formed
with equatorial-pyrrolidine. The water molecule lies in the plane
of symmetry of pyrrolidine; the water hydrogen
involved in the hydrogen bond is axial with respect to the ring, while
the “free” hydrogen is entgegen to the
ring. The three atoms involved in the hydrogen bond adopt a bent
arrangement with a Nring···H distance of
about 1.89 Å and ∠(Nring···H−O) ≅
163°.
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