Silicon chemistry has experienced substantial growth as researchers explore the rich and varied coordination behaviour of silicon centres. Of particular interest are coordination compounds where ...

Chemistry students the world over are familiar with covalent bonds and hydrogen bonds. Now a study has revealed a strange variety of bond that acts like a hybrid of the two. Its properties raise ...

The drug ibrutinib makes a covalent bond to Bruton's tyrosine kinase, an important cancer target. Credit: RCSB PDB/Yang H. Ku Enticing atoms to share their electrons—to make a covalent bond, in other ...