Hydrogen Bond – Definitions, Criteria of Existence and Various Types
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Abstract
The first studies on the hydrogen bond interaction come from the 1920s. It seems that the first time this interaction was indicated was by Huggins, while Latimer and Rodebush defined it and described several of its characteristics. The hydrogen bond has been analysed by numerous other researchers; the studies of Lewis, Pauling as well as those of Pimentel and McClellan belong to pioneering ones. Different geometric and energetic criteria for the existence of the hydrogen bond were proposed. It is a subject of various studies and controversies over which interactions may be classified as the hydrogen bond; different classifications of this interaction were proposed – one of them presented in this chapter is based on the kinds of proton donors and acceptors.