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As shown in Part IA, the term “hydrogen bond” covers bonding interactions with a wide range of geometries and energies in which the hydrogen atom is exerting a “valence” which is generally two, but can be three, and rarely, four. There is great structural versatility, with H · · · A distances ranging from 1.2 to beyond 3 Å and X — H · · · A angles from 80° to 180°.
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Jeffrey, G.A., Saenger, W. (1994). The Importance of Small Molecule Structural Studies. In: Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85135-3_6
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