Chemical bonding
The latest chemistry news and research on bonding, including molecular orbital theory, ionic and covalent bonding and hydrogen bonds, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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ResearchRelativity rewrites the textbook take on triple bonds, experiments on carbon–bismuth ion prove
Results show how bonding in heavy elements mixes up molecular orbitals
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ResearchGold hydrogen bonds found to be as strong as other similar textbook interactions
C–H···Au bonds in gold acetonitrile complexes are comparable to conventional hydrogen bonds formed by O–H and N–H groups
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ResearchOne-electron bonds may be more common than chemists thought
Researchers identify one-electron behaviour in systems traditionally described as covalent, ionic and dative bonding
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ResearchMolecules with largest dipole moments aren’t due to electronegativity differences
Computational analysis challenges Pauling’s idea of polarity
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ResearchPolytope formalism offers a new way to chart chemical space
Framework can investigate regions of chemical space that are normally inaccessible, painting a clearer picture of how molecules can form, transform and interconvert
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ResearchUnexpected stability theorised in positron-bound beryllium dimers
Simulations challenge conventional ideas about positronic interactions
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Research‘Plumbyne’ compound featuring multiple carbon–lead bonds synthesised
Relatively weak π bonding in the structure opens up possibility for various chemical reactions
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ResearchParamagnetic NMR used to probe covalent character of halogen bonds
Assessing hyperfine shifts in paramagnetic NMR spectra provides new details on the covalent character of halogen bonded cocrystals
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ResearchWater squeezed into 2D channels conducts electricity 100,000 times better
Network of quasi-2D hydrogen bonding may be responsible for effect
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ResearchElectron irradiation converts hydrocarbon crystals into nanodiamonds
Flawless nanodiamond synthesis that wasn’t thought possible accomplished by transforming adamantane
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ResearchDiscovery of unusual iodine–silver bond opens up new possibilities for coordination chemistry
Crystallographic studies reveal that the bond is similar in length to typical metal–metal bonds
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ResearchNobelium becomes heaviest element with identified compounds
Complexes containing hydroxide, water and dinitrogen ligands detected as researchers probe chemistry on the edge of the actinide series
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ResearchLanthanide–carbon triple bond synthesised and characterised
Cluster stabilised within a C80 fullerene cage
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ResearchActinide bonding could be tweaked by adjusting oxidation states
Modelling reveals that control of mysterious phi bonds could change behaviour of f-block elements
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ResearchCarbon–boron triple bond formed for the first time in a neutral novel molecule
Synthesis could help chemists better understand bonding
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ResearchComputational study says nucleophile finds σ-holes more attractive than π-holes
A σ-hole leads to a stronger bond with NH3 than a π-hole on the same atom
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OpinionLetters: February 2025
A reader argues for greater use of quantum chemistry in Iupac definitions
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OpinionA high-pressure insight into the structure of water
The hydrogen-bonded network in liquid water resists compression; density increases instead arise from molecules moving into voids
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NewsBeyond hydrogen bonding: new definitions for secondary bonding interactions to end confusion
The 20-year struggle to define secondary bonding interactions
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WebinarCopper-catalysed carbon-heteroatom bond-forming processes
Explore cutting edge copper-catalysed carbon-heteroatom bond formations used in industrial applications