Hydrogen bonding historical perspective

K. Manchester (1997) Chemistry Industry, p. 835 - Masson Gulland hydrogen bonding in DNA gives a historical perspective on the importance of hydrogen bonding in DNA. 

Because the van der Waals equation of state preceeded The General Theory of Molecular Forces, the interactions between molecules and/or atoms became known collectively as van der Waals forces. From a historical perspective, van der Waals interactions encompass the entire spectrum of weak interactions depicted in Figure 1, from the dispersion forces holding a He nanodroplet together to the hydrogen bonds in a cluster of water molecules. Although many researchers today associate van der Waals forces only with weak dispersion interactions, this review adopts the historical definition of van der Waals interactions and uses the term to collectively refer to all weak chemical interactions between uncharged molecules (and/or atoms). 

See also Fourier Transformation and Sampling Theory FT-Raman Spectroscopy, Applications Gas Phase Applications of NMR Spectroscopy High Resolution IR Spectroscopy (Gas Phase), Applications Hydrogen Bonding and Other Physicochemical Interactions Studied By IR and Raman Spectroscopy Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Laser Spectroscopy Theory Light Sources and Optics Vibrational, Rotational and Raman Spectroscopy, Historical Perspective. 

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