Henry Rzepa's Blog

In the previous post I described how hydronium hydroxide or H₃O⁺…HO^–, an intermolecular tautomer of water, has recently been observed captured inside an organic cage[1] and how the free-standing species in water can be captured computationally with the help of solvating water bridges. Here I explore azane oxide or H₃N⁺-O^–,^‡ a tautomer of the better known hydroxylamine (H₂N-OH).

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References

1. M. Stapf, W. Seichter, and M. Mazik, "Unique Hydrogen-Bonded Complex of Hydronium and Hydroxide Ions", Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 21, pp. 6350-6354, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201406383