Bond and Bond Alike: New Hydrogen Bond Discovered (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Bond and Bond Alike: New Hydrogen Bond Discovered

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As with magnets and alternating current, positively charged molecules never aim for one another. Indeed, similarly charged poles are repelled. Nevertheless, a team from the University of Copenhagen's Department of Chemistry has managed to become the first to bond positively charged phosphorus atoms with positively charged hydrogen ones.

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Photo: Jes Andersen/University of Copenhagen

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