A GOLDEN ERA FOR HYDROGEN BONDING

摘要

Hydrogen bonding is ubiquitous in many chemical and biological processes. For example, hydrogen bonds are responsible for determining the three-dimensional structure of folded proteins including enzymes and antibodies. Among the in-depth studies into hydrogen bonding, the question whether metal atoms might also have function as hydrogen bonding acceptor sites has fascinated chemists for several decades. Advances in the chemistry of gold have seen an amazing upswing-considerable effort has been poured into better understanding the structure and reactivity of gold compounds. In this respect, it is interesting to note that the ability of gold to hydrogen bond with alcohol functionalities has been succinctly explored and not firmly addressed by experiments.