Assessing covalency in hydrogen bonds
A fresh perspective
Orbital-resolved contributions provide a fresh perspective on hydrogen bonds with covalent characteristics
Covalency, a term describing bonding by sharing electrons, divides opinion when mentioned alongside hydrogen bonding. Worried that the concept of hydrogen bonding has been getting fuzzier over time, scientists in Germany have sought a fresh look at the very nature of these bonds, and how much covalency they involve.
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