“…In our design of new thiourea-anion host lattices, some simple trigonal planar anions that can easily form O...H--N acceptor hydrogen bonds such as CO~-, NO 3, HCO 3 and H2BO 3 have been used and the crystal structures of three thiourea bicarbonate complexes have been reported by us recently , part II of this series). The formation of hydrogen bonds between NO 3 and H20 has also been investigated by means of semiempirical and ab initio quantum mechanical methods (Shen, Xie, Schaefer & Deakyne, 1990;Lee, Keesee & Castleman, 1980;Howell, Sapse, Singman & Snyder, 1975). The formation of hydrogen bonds between NO 3 and H20 has also been investigated by means of semiempirical and ab initio quantum mechanical methods (Shen, Xie, Schaefer & Deakyne, 1990;Lee, Keesee & Castleman, 1980;Howell, Sapse, Singman & Snyder, 1975).…”