TY - JOUR A1 - Lämmermann, Anica A1 - Szatmári, István A1 - Fulop, Ferenc A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich T1 - Inter- or intramolecular N···H-O or N-H···O Hydrogen bonding in 1,3-Amino-alpha/beta-naphthols : an experimental NMR and computational study N2 - The existence of intermolecular or intramolecular N···H;O or N;H···O hydrogen bonding in three series (series 1, substituted 1-aminoalkyl-2-naphthols: R = H, Me, Et, Pr, i-Pr; series 2, substituted 1-;- aminobenzyl-2-naphthols: H, p-OMe, p-F, p-Cl, p-Br, p-NO2, p-Me; series 3, substituted 2-;-aminobenzyl-1-naphthols: R = H, p-Me, p-F, p-Br, p-OMe, m-NO2, m-Br) are studied by NMR spectroscopy and computed at the DFT level of theory [B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)]. The correct nature of the H-bond was assigned unequivocally both experimentally and computationally by potential energy scans rotating the involved dihedral angles. We investigated the effects of substituents on the strength of the H-bond by evaluating the corresponding hyperconjugative stabilization energy nlonepair ; ;*X;H and Hammett substituent constant plots. By this means, steric and electronic substituent effects could be easily quantified and separated. Y1 - 2009 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31059 UR - http://pubs.acs.org/journal/jpcafh SN - 1089-5639 ER -