DOI: 10.1126/science.238.4834.1670. Does Ammonia Hydrogen Bond?

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Abstract

Spectroscopic characterizations of the stereochemistry of complexes of ammonia (NH 3 ) have strongly confirmed some long-held ideas about the weak interactions of NH 3 while casting doubt on others. As expected, NH 3 is observed to be a nearly universal proton acceptor, accepting hydrogen bonds from even some of the weakest proton donors. Surprisingly, no evidence has been found to support the view that NH 3 acts as a proton donor through hydrogen bonding. A critical evaluation of the work that has been done to gather such evidence, as well as of earlier work involving condensed-phase observations, suggests that NH 3 might well be best described as a powerful hydrogen-bond acceptor with little propensity to donate hydrogen bonds.

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Nelson, D. D., Fraser, G. T., & Klemperer, W. (1987). Does Ammonia Hydrogen Bond? Science, 238(4834), 1670â1674.

Authors 3

David D. Nelson (first)
Gerald T. Fraser (additional)
William Klemperer (additional)

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