hydrogen bond
hydrogen bond
Definition
hydrogen bond
noun
a weak chemical bond formed through a hydrogen atom, esp. if bridging two similar electronegative atoms or groups from two different molecules
hydrogen bond
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- link: Two polynucleotides running in opposite directions are linked by hydrogen bonds between the bases forming base pairs.
Converse of object
- donate: In this context, the number of hydrogen bonds donated is surprisingly high.
- form: The ester is the only thing in the mixture which doesn't form hydrogen bonds, and so it has the weakest intermolecular forces.
- make: Move the " other " oxygen to a position at which it can make the appropriate hydrogen bonds.
- cause: An earlier version of act excluded various N/O and O/O combinations, but this was causing genuine hydrogen bonds to be missed.
Adjective modifier
- possible: It prints out all the possible hydrogen bonds to any of the three residue types.
Modifies a noun
- donor: All three hydrogen bond donor groups bind to the anion.
- parameter: The hydrogen bond parameters ( length, tolerance and max opening angle ) are defined in the squid_param file.
- group: All three hydrogen bond donor groups bind to the anion.
- routine: The explicit hydrogen bond routine is slower but more accurate and requires the presence of the polar hydrogen atoms.
Preposition: between
- molecule: Hydrogen bonds to water molecules ( ie isolated oxygen atoms ) are found, and also hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
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