Preferred Label : hydrophobic interaction;
IUPAC definition : The tendency of hydrocarbons (or of lipophilic hydrocarbon-like groups in solutes)
to form intermolecular aggregates in an aqueous medium, and analogous intramolecular
interactions. The name arises from the attribution of the phenomenon to the apparent
repulsion between water and hydrocarbons. However, the phenomenon ought to be attributed
to the effect of the hydrocarbon-like groups on the water-water interaction. The misleading
alternative term 'hydrophobic bond' is discouraged.;
Origin ID : H02907;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- See also
The tendency of hydrocarbons (or of lipophilic hydrocarbon-like groups in solutes)
to form intermolecular aggregates in an aqueous medium, and analogous intramolecular
interactions. The name arises from the attribution of the phenomenon to the apparent
repulsion between water and hydrocarbons. However, the phenomenon ought to be attributed
to the effect of the hydrocarbon-like groups on the water-water interaction. The misleading
alternative term 'hydrophobic bond' is discouraged.
