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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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
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NewsRobert Mulliken’s Nobel prize medal latest to go up for auction
Mulliken won the Nobel prize in chemistry in 1966 for developing molecular orbital theory
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FeatureIlluminating antiaromaticity
Aromaticity’s dark alter-ego is ready to emerge into the sunlight. James Mitchell Crow talks to the scientists trying to exploit the instability
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WebinarLab XAS: a new tool for materials characterisation
Explore the utility of lab XAS as an everyday tool for materials characterisation
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FeatureReaching into the non-covalent toolbox
Alongside supramolecular stalwarts, budding bonding forms are vying to be valuable, finds Andy Extance
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FeatureThe mechanical side of bonding
Synthetic chemists are finally mastering the assembly of interlocked molecules held together by the mechanical bond, find James Mitchell Crow