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  • Title: Interaction geometries and energies of hydrogen bonds to C[double bond]O and C[double bond]S acceptors: a comparative study.
    Author: Wood PA, Pidcock E, Allen FH.
    Journal: Acta Crystallogr B; 2008 Aug; 64(Pt 4):491-6. PubMed ID: 18641451.
    Abstract:
    The occurrence, geometries and energies of hydrogen bonds from N-H and O-H donors to the S acceptors of thiourea derivatives, thioamides and thiones are compared with data for their O analogues - ureas, amides and ketones. Geometrical data derived from the Cambridge Structural Database indicate that hydrogen bonds to the C[double bond]S acceptors are much weaker than those to their C[double bond]O counterparts: van der Waals normalized hydrogen bonds to O are shorter than those to S by approximately 0.25 A. Further, the directionality of the approach of the hydrogen bond with respect to S, defined by the C[double bond]S...H angle, is in the range 102-109 degrees , much lower than the analogous C[double bond]O...H angle which lies in the range 127-140 degrees . Ab initio calculations using intermolecular perturbation theory show good agreement with the experimental results: the differences in hydrogen-bond directionality are closely reproduced, and the interaction energies of hydrogen bonds to S are consistently weaker than those to O, by approximately 12 kJ mol(-1), for each of the three compound classes. There are no CSD examples of hydrogen bonds to aliphatic thiones, (Csp(3))(2)C=S, consistent with the near-equality of the electronegativities of C and S. Thioureas and thioamides have electron-rich N substituents replacing the Csp(3) atoms. Electron delocalization involving C[double bond]S and the N lone pairs then induces a significant >C(delta+)[double bond]S(delta-) dipole, which enables the formation of the medium-strength C[double bond]S...H bonds observed in thioureas and thioamides.
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