In chemistry, a hydrogen bond is a specific type of molecular interaction that exhibits partial covalent character and cannot be described as a purely electrostatic force. It occurs when a hydrogen at
AFM image of naphthalenetetracarboxylic diimide molecules on silver-terminated silicon, interacting via hydrogen bonding, taken at 77 K. ("Hydrogen bonds" in the top image are exaggerated by artifacts of the imaging technique.)
In organic chemistry, an amide, also known as an organic amide or a carboxamide, is a compound with the general formula R−C−NR′R″, where R, R', and R″ represent any group, typically organyl groups or
Structure of acetamide hydrogen-bonded dimer from X-ray crystallography. Selected distances: C-O: 1.243, C-N, 1.325, N---O, 2.925 Å. Color code: red = O, blue = N, gray = C, white = H.