D. Braga et al., HYDROGEN-BONDING IN ORGANOMETALLIC CRYSTALS .1. FROM CARBOXYLIC-ACIDSAND ALCOHOLS TO CARBONYL-COMPLEXES, Organometallics, 13(9), 1994, pp. 3532-3543
The molecular organization in crystals of selected transition metal co
mplexes and clusters containing hydrogen bond donor and acceptor group
s such as -COOH, -OH, and -COOR as well as CO ligands has been investi
gated. Strict analogies have been found between the hydrogen bonding p
atterns in the organometallic crystals and those present in the corres
ponding organic crystals. It has been possible to show that CO partici
pates in hydrogen bonding when other stronger accepters are not in com
petition.