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 ...

Brief Communication Published: 04 August 2013 Adding an unnatural covalent bond to proteins through proximity-enhanced bioreactivity Zheng Xiang, Haiyan Ren, Ying S Hu, Irene Coin, Jing Wei, Hu ...

GCSE Chemistry (Single Science) Bonding, structure and the properties of matter learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.In the water molecule, the oxygen and hydrogen atoms share electrons in covalent bonds. There are a total of 10 protons and 10 electrons, so the water ...

Prior to 2000, many drugs that formed a covalent bond with targets did so non-selectively, which often led to undesired side effects when compared to non-covalent drugs. This led to the belief that ...