The function of many biologically active molecules requires the presence of carbon-nitrogen bonds in strategic positions. The biosynthetic pathways leading to such bonds can be bypassed through ...

When two hydrogen atoms get close enough, the electron from each atom feels an attraction from the proton in the other atom's nucleus. This attraction pulls the atoms together. The electrons end up ...

Energy is required to break a covalent bond between two atoms to overcome the attractive force. Bond breaking is an endothermic process. The opposite is true if we want to make new bonds.

In the form of an organometallic complex – with their high symmetries and multiple covalent bonds with carbon – it's also much easier to probe the atom's electronic structure. However, the resulting ...

Researchers are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms boron and carbon. Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen: these four elements can ...

Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen: these four elements can form chemical triple bonds with each other due to their similar electronic properties. Examples of this are the gas carbon monoxide ...

Water molecules are so attracted to each other that even after the balloon pops, the water molecules stay together keeping the shape of the balloon. In the water molecule, the oxygen and hydrogen ...

Researchers named the compound “berkelocene” because it is comparable to the compound “uranocene,” a uranium-containing ...