An alkyne group with a pair of hydrogen bonds: the crystal structure of 2,2′-ethynylenedibenzeneboronic acid at 122 K
Abstract
For each boronic acid group in 1 one hydrogen atom makes a hydrogen bond to an alkyne carbon atom as well as an intermolecular O–H ⋯ O bond; structural effects indicate the boronic acid group to be σ-electron releasing and π-electron withdrawing.