The Problem of Negative Anharmonicity and the Nature of the Hydrogen Bond in Potassium Hydrogen Fluoride

Nature ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 182 (4641) ◽  
pp. 1016-1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. BLINC
Nature ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 160 (4077) ◽  
pp. 870-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. POLDER

The effect on the lattice spacings of substituting deuterium for hydrogen has been investigated for pentaerythritol, CuS0 4 5H 2 0, SrCl 2 6H 2 0, furmaric acid, KH 2 P0 4 , NaHS0 4 , urea, and KHF 2 . The main conclusion is that when the crystal structure contains hydroxyl bonds the isotope effect is small, and when it contains hydrogen bonds there is a marked expansion, which disturbs the lattice sufficiently to lead to the separation of potassium phosphate in a new crystal structure. The effect for potassium hydrogen fluoride does not suggest a short hydrogen bond in this compound. Short hydrogen bonds seem to require special resonance forces for their explanation.


Author(s):  
M. Ramos Silva ◽  
J. A. Paixão ◽  
A. Matos Beja ◽  
L. Alte da Veiga

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