PPh3O.hemihydrate polymorphs and 11 assorted
PPh3O cocrystals collectively constitute a reliable stock
to pursue
a systematic analysis aiming to investigate the impacts of some vital
issues on the TPPO.H-bond donor aggregates. The issues highlighted
herein are (i) effect of varying acidity of H-bond donors on the degeneracy
of lone pairs of the H-bond acceptor (PPh3O), (ii) effectiveness
of the |V(r)|/G(r) and H(r)/ρ(r) parameters as a covalency metric, (iii) 3c–4e
bonding in the covalent PPh3O.nitric acid cocrystal, (iv)
salient features of H-bond interaction energy and an interplay of
its components, (v) an intrinsic bond strength scale for the PPh3O cocrystals, and (vi) reliable empirical relations between
several bond descriptors for a quick estimation of interaction energy.
To be specific about point (vi), we have propounded two promising
avenues for a fast semiquantitative calculation of interaction energy
from an endearing nonenergetic parameter, viz., bond length: dO–H···O → ρBCP (MAPE = 2.36%) → E
SAPT0 (MAPE
= 9.26%), and dO–H···O → IBSI
(MAPE = 1.87%) → E
SAPT0 (MAPE =
9.66%). All the aforesaid issues have been explored in detail through
the QTAIM, NBO, and IBSI analyses (M06-2X-D3/def2-TZVP level), as
well as by the SAPT study at the SAPT0/aug-cc-pVDZ platform. The statistically
valid correlation studies can be particularly conducive for practical
purposes as a transformative extension of the established facts into
postulates for the unknown cocrystals.