Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Amino Alcohols. |
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The amino alcohols, which have been the topic of this
project, contain the functional groups -NH
and -OH at the
two ends of a (CH)
-chain.
Due to their electronegativity, the
atoms N and O can easily form hydrogen bonds to other molecules.
For this reason, amino alcohols can be found as ligands in many polynuclear
complexes with a broad spectrum of application in biology
as well as in chemical technology. The focus of the current project,
however, was on the interactions that occur between the two
functional groups in the isolated molecule.
Highlights for 2-aminoethanol, 3-aminopropanol, 4-aminobutanol, and
5-aminopentanol are presented on the following pages.
Each page is devoted to a single compound and contains several
illustrative pictures of relevant conformers.
Although most of the information is contained in the text, so that
a text-only browser is basically sufficient, these
pictures will help in understanding. Therefore, if your
browser can load pictures, you might want to turn that option on.
The bottom of each page provides links for
forward and backward browsing and, in the center entry,
an interface to the literature data base of the Institute of
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Activation of this interface
produces an up-to-date list of publications and theses that
relate to the specific compound.
Informations required by Austrian law
(Offenlegung gem. §25 MedienG): Dr. Michael Ramek, Graz.
