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Bartalucci E, Malär AA, Mehnert A, Kleine Büning JB, Günzel L, Icker M, Börner M, Wiebeler C, Meier BH, Grimme S, Kersting B, Wiegand T. Probing a Hydrogen-π Interaction Involving a Trapped Water Molecule in the Solid State. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202217725. [PMID: 36630178 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
The detection and characterization of trapped water molecules in chemical entities and biomacromolecules remains a challenging task for solid materials. We herein present proton-detected solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) experiments at 100 kHz magic-angle spinning and at high static magnetic-field strengths (28.2 T) enabling the detection of a single water molecule fixed in the calix[4]arene cavity of a lanthanide complex by a combination of three types of non-covalent interactions. The water proton resonances are detected at a chemical-shift value close to zero ppm, which we further confirm by quantum-chemical calculations. Density Functional Theory calculations pinpoint to the sensitivity of the proton chemical-shift value for hydrogen-π interactions. Our study highlights how proton-detected solid-state NMR is turning into the method-of-choice in probing weak non-covalent interactions driving a whole branch of molecular-recognition events in chemistry and biology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ettore Bartalucci
- Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.,Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 29, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Julius B Kleine Büning
- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Clausius Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115, Bonn, Germany
| | - Lennart Günzel
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 29, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Maik Icker
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leipzig University Linnéstraße 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Martin Börner
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 29, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Christian Wiebeler
- Institute of Analytic Chemistry, Leipzig University, Linnéstraße 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Leipzig University, Linnéstraße 2, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Beat H Meier
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Stefan Grimme
- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Clausius Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 29, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Thomas Wiegand
- Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.,Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany.,previous address: Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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