Homopolar dihydrogen bonding in alkali metal amidoboranes: crystal engineering of low-dimensional molecular materials

J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Feb 20;135(7):2439-42. doi: 10.1021/ja311778k. Epub 2013 Feb 8.

Abstract

Hydrogen bonding is a predominant interaction in supramolecular chemistry. The absence of a conventional hydrogen bond donor in LiNMe(2)BH(3) and KNMe(2)BH(3) results in the formation of elaborate M···H-B polymeric arrays supported by heteropolar and homopolar H···H bonding, in a unique synergistic combination of unconventional intermolecular interactions.