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. 2018 Jan 10;3(1):302–313. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01034

Table 1. Metric Parameters of the Intramolecular N···H···O Bond and the Shortest Intermolecular O···H–Ow Bond in the DN·nH2O Complexesa Evaluated Using DFT Computations.

parameter n = 0 n = 1 n = 2 n = 3 n = 4 n = 5
O···N, Å 2.627 2.547 2.722 2.737 2.782 2.808
O–H (H–N),b Å 1.030 1.071 1.041 1.037 1.031 1.028
O···H···N, deg 166.4 167.9 154.6 153.4 151.1 150.2
O···Ow, Å   2.916 2.713 2.704 2.658 2.686
O···H–Ow, deg   157.7 173.6 175.5 176.5 175.8
a

see Figure 4; ‘w’ denotes the oxygen atom of the water molecule.

b

at n > 1 the bridging proton locates near the nitrogen atom.