The C-F small middle dot small middle dot small middle dotH-C "Anti-Hydrogen Bond" in the Gas Phase: Microwave Structure of the Difluoromethane Dimer

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 Oct 4;38(19):2924-2925. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19991004)38:19<2924::aid-anie2924>3.0.co;2-n.

Abstract

A shortening of the C-H bond lengths and a blue shift of the C-H stretching frequencies for the C-F small middle dot small middle dot small middle dotH-C groups indicates that anti-hydrogen bonds are present the difluoromethane dimer. The most stable conformer has three such interactions (shown schematically).