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Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. George A. Jeffrey

    1. Department of Crystallography, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

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  2. Wolfram Saenger

    1. Institut für Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Basic Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Importance of Hydrogen Bonds

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 3-14

    3. Definitions and Concepts

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 15-48

    4. Experimental Studies of Hydrogen Bonding

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 49-70

    5. Theoretical Calculations of Hydrogen-Bond Geometries

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 71-93

    6. Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Molecular Structure

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 94-99

  3. Hydrogen-Bond Geometry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. The Importance of Small Molecule Structural Studies

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 103-110

    3. Metrical Aspects of Two-Center Hydrogen Bonds

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 111-135

    4. Metrical Aspects of Three- and Four-Center Hydrogen Bonds

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 136-146

    5. Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 147-155

    6. Weak Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions Formed by C-H Groups as Donors and Aromatic Rings as Acceptors

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 156-160

    7. Halides and Halogen Atoms as Hydrogen-Bond Acceptors

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 161-163

    8. Hydrogen-Bond Acceptor Geometries

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 164-165

  4. Hydrogen Bonding in Small Biological Molecules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-168
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    2. Hydrogen Bonding in Carbohydrates

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 169-219

    3. Hydrogen Bonding in Amino Acids and Peptides: Predominance of Zwitterions

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 220-231

    4. Purines and Pyrimidines

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 232-246

    5. Base Pairing in the Purine and Pyrimidine Crystal Structures

      • George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger
      Pages 247-268
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Hydrogen bonds are weak attractions, with a binding strength less than one-tenth that of a normal covalent bond. However, hydrogen bonds are of extraordinary importance; without them all wooden structures would collapse, cement would crumble, oceans would vaporize, and all living things would disintegrate into random dispersions of inert matter.
Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures is informative and eminently usable. It is, in a sense, a Rosetta stone that unlocks a wealth of information from the language of crystallography and makes it accessible to all scientists. (From a book review of Kenneth M. Harmon, Science 1992)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Crystallography, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

    George A. Jeffrey

  • Institut für Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    Wolfram Saenger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures

  • Authors: George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85135-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-57903-8Published: 27 May 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-85135-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 569

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Biochemistry, general, Organic Chemistry

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