摘要
The 1:1 complex of N-methylpiperidine betaine, MPB, with squaric acid, H2SQ, has been characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis, FTIR and NMR spectroscopies, and by DFT calculations. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group Pbca. Two non-equivalent OH路路路O hydrogen bonds of 2.472(1) and 2.508(2) 脜 link H2SQ with MPB. The piperidinium ring has a chair conformation with the methyl group in the equatorial position and the CH2COO鈭?/sup> substituent in the axial one. The geometry of the optimized structures of the MPB路H2SQ complex at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory, in a vacuum and solvated by water, have been used to calculate harmonic IR frequencies and to predict the chemical shifts in H2O.