Letters: February 2025
A reader argues for greater use of quantum chemistry in Iupac definitions
As the principal professional organisation for standardisation in chemistry, the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) commissioned a special committee in 2004 to deal with numerous issues surrounding proper definition of hydrogen bonding, a phenomenon first recognised more than a century ago and subject of definitional-type controversies ever since.
According to a recent Chemistry World article, Iupac’s commitment to create a logically and operationally consistent dictionary of chemical terminology continues to ‘struggle’ in attempts to clarify ‘the terminology of secondary bonding interactions after decades of confusion and misuse’