Hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking in nicotinamide/H2O mixtures

作者:Zhai, Cuiping*; Zhang, Ping; Peng, Peng; Hou, Bingbing; Li, Lina
来源:Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy , 2017, 184: 294-298.
DOI:10.1016/j.saa.2017.05.020

摘要

The interactions between nicotinamide (NA) and H2O were studied using UV-visible spectra (UV-Vis), cyclic voltammetry (CV), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), density functional theory (DFT) and atoms in molecules (AIM) analysis. According to the changes of the UV-Vis spectra and the oxidation and reduction potentials in cyclic voltammogiams of NA in aqueous solution, it was found that hydrogen bonding occurred between NA and H2O molecules. Quantum chemistry calculations and AIM analysis further confirmed the existence of hydrogen bonding between H2O molecules and the amide group, the nitrogen atom, and hydrogen atoms on the pyridine ring of NA molecules. In addition, the NMR results demonstrated that the n-n stacking between NA pyridine rings could be formed at higher concentrations.