On the Structure of the Cation N2H with an N-H ċ N Hydrogen Bond in the Monoammonia Adduct of Ammonium Iodide

Authors:
  • EVElke Vonholdt
    Elke Vonholdt

Abstract
In spite of the great importance of the NH ċ N hydrogen bridge in chemistry and biochemistry, the solid‐state structure of the simplest system containing this bond, [H3NH ċ NH3]⊕, was previously unknown. Single crystal X‐ray diffraction studies on NH4I · NH3 have shown that the interaction NH ċ NH3 leads to the formation of the cation N2H. The N  N distance determined by least squares refinement is 269(5) pm, somewhat shorter than the equilibrium distance of 273.1 pm calculated in 1982 by Scheiner and Harding.

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