PROTONATED CARBONYL GROUPS II. γ-PYRIDONE SALTS
The salts of 1,2,6-trimethyl-4-pyridone and 1-ethyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridone and mineral acids and their deuterated analogues have been prepared and their spectra recorded. The spectra are consistent with protonation at the carbonyl oxygen atom, not the nitrogen atom. Many similarities with the spectra of γ-pyrone salts (D. Cook. Can. J. Chem. 41, 505 (1963)) have been observed, voh varies from 2495 cm−1 in the HCl salt to 3470 cm−1 in the HPF6 salt. The deformation mode, vOH, is much more constant in frequency and is doubled, near 1300 and 1230 cm−1, probably due to correlation field splitting. A few of the more strongly hydrogen-bonded salts have torsional modes around 800 cm−1.Many of the salts can also be prepared in a hydrated form which contains the same organic cation, probably hydrogen bonded to chains of water molecules.In one case a salt containing 2 molecules of the base to 1 of acid (HAsF6) has been prepared. The spectrum contains a very broad, strong band, near 1300 cm−1, probably due to the species [Formula: see text].