Scientists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Jaroslav Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry have made a significant discovery in the understanding of hydrogen bonding.
Their research has disproved the assumption that hydrogen bonding can only occur with a more electronegative element. According to their findings, the electronegativity of an element is not decisive. The key is that the element must be heavier than hydrogen. Therefore, hydrogen can be both positive and negative in this bond.
One of the challenges the scientists faced was to find a suitable laboratory that could withstand the harsh conditions of experiments at the very low temperature of 20 degrees Kelvin, which is equivalent to minus 250 degrees Celsius.
They eventually found a laboratory at the Jaroslav Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry in Prague, which we helped to equip.
The results of the Czech scientists' work were published in the most prestigious chemical journal, the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
We congratulate you on this important achievement and wish you good luck in your future research.
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Source: iROZHLAS