Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.135, No.7, 2439-2442, 2013
Homopolar Dihydrogen Bonding in Alkali Metal Amidoboranes: Crystal Engineering of Low-Dimensional Molecular Materials
Hydrogen bonding is a predominant interaction in supramolecular chemistry. The absence of a conventional hydrogen bond donor in LiNMe2BH3 and KNMe2BH3 results in the formation of elaborate M...H-B polymeric arrays supported by heteropolar and homopolar H...H bonding, in a unique synergistic combination of unconventional intermolecular interactions.