Why oxonium cation in the crystal phase is a bad acceptor of hydrogen bonds: a charge density analysis of potassium oxonium bis(hydrogensulfate)

J Phys Chem A. 2009 Apr 30;113(17):5151-6. doi: 10.1021/jp900215h.

Abstract

Peculiarities of chemical bonding in the crystal of potassium oxonium bis(hydrogensulfate) were analyzed by means of R. Bader's "Atoms in Molecule" theory on the basis of the experimental data. The results obtained were shown to provide insight into the tendency of the oxygen atom of the oxonium moiety to avoid the H-bond formation in its crystalline salts.