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Dihydrogen bondIn chemistry, a dihydrogen bond is a kind of hydrogen bond, an interaction between a metal hydride bond and an OH or NH group or another proton donor. The first example of this phenomenon is credited to Brown and Heseltine.[1] They observed intense absorption bands in the IR bands at 3300 and 3210 cm-1 for a solution of (CH3)2NHBH3. The higher energy band is assigned to a normal N-H vibration whereas the lower energy band is assigned to the same bond, which is interacting with the B-H. Upon dilution of the solution, the 3300 cm-1 band increased in intensity and the 3210 cm-1 band decreased, indicative of intermolecular association. Additional recommended knowledge
Formation of a dihydrogen bond is assumed to precede formation of H2 from the reaction of a hydride and a protic acid. A very short dihydrogen bond is observed in NaBH4.2H2O with H---H contacts of 1.79, 1.86, and 1.94 Å. [3] This kind of H---H interaction is distinct from the H---H bonding interaction in transition metal complexes having dihydrogen bound to a metal.[4] Another so-called hydrogen hydrogen bond is postulated to exists in certain compounds between two neutral non-bonding hydrogen atoms. References
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