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Article: Sticking tough with new hydrogen bonds. (new type of intermolecular interaction discovered)(Brief Article)
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- Science News
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- July 20, 1996
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Hydrogen, the simplest element, can still spring a few surprises.
Researchers have now identified a previously unnoticed type of bonding between two hydrogen atoms belonging to different molecules. "This is a new type of intermolecular interaction," says chemist Robert H. Crabtree of Yale University. Crabtree and his collaborators describe their discovery in the July Accounts of Chemical Research.
The existence of the conventional hydrogen bond has long been recognized. In a water molecule, for example, a hydrogen bond links a hydrogen atom of one water molecule and the oxygen atom of another molecule. This bond forms because, within a water molecule, a strong ...