The Nature of the Hydrogen Bond: Outline of a Comprehensive Hydrogen Bond Theory

Introduction 1. A century of hydrogen bond (H-bond) 2. Generalities, definitions and preliminary classification 3. Modelling the H-bond by crystallographic methods 4. Modelling the H-bond by thermodynamic methods 5. The empirical laws governing the H-bond: A summary 6. Outline of a novel transition-state H-bond theory (TSHBT) 7. The strength of the H-bond: Definitions and thermodynamics 8. The role of strong H-bonds in nature: A gallery of functional H-bonds References