Chemical bonding – Page 5
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ResearchDelocalisation pins down meaning of bond order
Reliable bond order definition provides new insights into covalency
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ResearchAnionic aluminium turns textbook knowledge on its head
First stable nucleophilic aluminium(I) compound offers new way to make aluminium–carbon bonds
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ResearchIntroducing gallaarsene, the first of its kind
Molecule features rare gallium–arsenic double bond
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ResearchNew AFM tip reopens hydrogen bond imaging debate
Putting rigid copper oxide on probe prevents artefacts – but what is it actually measuring?
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ResearchLongest carbon–carbon bond yet pushes chemistry to its limits
Steric strain creates bond longer than theory thought possible
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ResearchHydrogen bonds keep soda fizzy for longest
Alcohol, sugar and salts disrupt hydrogen network, changing how quickly carbon dioxide escapes from different drinks
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ResearchIntroducing regium bonds
New bond describes interactions between group 11 nanoparticles and Lewis bases
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ResearchWhen it comes to halogen bonds, electrostatics aren’t the σ-hole story
Researchers say charge-transfer should officially join σ-holes in halogen bond explanation
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ResearchFirst boron–tellurium double bond captured
Unusual molecule features shortest boron bond to one of the rarest metals on Earth
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ResearchPurple crystals boast first aluminium double bond
Aluminium analogue of an alkene completes series of double-bonded boron group elements
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ResearchEquation to end bond order contention
Comprehensive equation derives bond orders from quantum chemistry calculations
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ResearchCrystallising new concepts not once, but twice
From supramolecular synthons to weak hydrogen bonds, Gautam Desiraju’s research has impacted several areas of chemistry
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ResearchHydrogen bonded system faces strength test
New tool can measure noncovalent interaction under non-equilibrium, near-physiological conditions
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ResearchPolar solvents promote halogen bonds over hydrogen ones
Solvent decides bonding battle winner in supramolecular systems
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ResearchSeaborg's americium dispute put to bed 60 years later
Hotly debated historical brouhaha that centred on the element’s covalency may have been solved
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ResearchSensor lets facial expressions do the talking
Self-healing sensor uses hydrogen bonding network to interpret facial expressions and even speech for computers
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ResearchNeural network predicts bond energies like a pro
New computational method learns how to estimate bond energies as well as a trained synthetic chemist
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ResearchElectronegativity of a single atom measured
Catalysts could be improved by mapping surface variations using new technique
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ResearchCopper brings glow to triple-bonded boron
Unexpected reaction between boron–boron triple bond and transition metals revealed