Interactions between azines and alcohols: a rotational study of pyridine-tert-butyl alcohol

We assigned the rotational spectra of the parent and the OD isotopologues of the intermolecular complex pyridine-tert-butyl alcohol. The rotational and N-14 quadrupole coupling constants are in agreement with a sigma-type shape and a C-s symmetry of the complex. The two subunits are held together by a classical O-HN intermolecular hydrogen bond. Structural features of these hydrogen bonds are given and compared to those of similar molecular adducts. The ON distance decreases by 4 m angstrom upon deuteration of the hydroxyl group, denoting a marked reverse Ubbelohde effect of the O-HN hydrogen bond.