Hydrogen bonds are a type of van der Waals force
Hydrogen bonds are not a type of van der Waals force; rather, they are distinct directional intermolecular (or intramolecular) interactions involving a hydrogen atom bonded to an electronegative atom, whereas van der Waals forces encompass dipole-dipole, dipole-induced dipole, and London dispersion forces.
The retrieved papers consistently treat hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions as distinct types of noncovalent forces rather than classifying hydrogen bonds as a subset of van der Waals forces. Therefore, the claim is definitively refuted by standard chemical classification.
Guirong Su, Shan Yang, Yingda Jiang, Jingtai Li, Shuang Li, Jichang Ren, Wei Liu. Modeling chemical reactions on surfaces: The roles of chemical bonding and van der Waals interactions. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsurf.2019.100561
Paper 0 differentiates between chemical bonding, hydrogen bonding, and van der Waals interactions as distinct phenomena.
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Marks Gorohovs, Y. Dekhtyar. Surface Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Enhanced Electrostatic Adsorption of Biomolecules. 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30153206
Paper 1 lists electrostatic forces, van der Waals forces, and hydrogen bonding as separate fundamental mechanisms governing biomolecule interactions.
Angelo Gavezzotti. Comparing the strength of covalent bonds, intermolecular hydrogen bonds and other intermolecular interactions for organic molecules: X-ray diffraction data and quantum chemical calculations. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6nj01087c
Paper 2 compares the strength of covalent bonds, intermolecular hydrogen bonds, and other distinct intermolecular interactions.
Sergio De Luca, Fan Chen, Prasenjit Seal, M. Stenzel, Sean C. Smith. Binding and Release between Polymeric Carrier and Protein Drug: pH-Mediated Interplay of Coulomb Forces, Hydrogen Bonding, van der Waals Interactions, and Entropy.. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00657
Paper 3 distinguishes intracomplex hydrogen bonds, van der Waals interactions, and coulomb forces as separate factors.
Richard Kullmann, M. Delbianco, Christian Roth, T. Weikl. Role of van der Waals, Electrostatic, and Hydrogen-Bond Interactions for the Relative Stability of Cellulose Iβ and II Crystals. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c06841
Paper 4 analyzes hydrogen-bond patterns alongside van der Waals and overall electrostatic interactions as separate energetic components.
Rui Huang, Xu Yan, Zhikun Zhang, Fangli Zhang, Lin Guo, Jun Yan, Kunpeng Li, Jing Tan, Zhang Lin, Zaiping Guo, Wenchao Zhang, Liyuan Chai. Boosting Leaching of Spent Ternary Cathode via Strong Van Der Waals Force Beyond Hydrogen Bonding. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202418565
Paper 5 discusses van der Waals forces separately from hydrogen bonding.
M. Galante, A. Tkatchenko. Anisotropic van der Waals dispersion forces in polymers: Structural symmetry breaking leads to enhanced conformational search. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.5.l012028
Paper 6 notes that short-range interactions like covalent and hydrogen bonding differ from non-covalent van der Waals dispersion forces.
K. Al-Shami, Jafar Shatnawi, Khaled Qasagsah, Salman Almurabi, Ghayda’ Shatnawi, Tasnim Darawsheh, Shahed Karaja. Understanding the role of electrostatic force, van der Waals force, and osmotic pressure in retinal function and barrier integrity. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40942-025-00643-y
Paper 8 categorizes electrostatic, van der Waals, and hydrogen-bonding forces as distinct interactions in tissue engineering and retinal biology.
Sharma R, Kumar S, Tshibangu MM, Bahadur I. Volumetric, acoustic, and computational investigation of l-threonine and glycyl-l-threonine interactions in aqueous 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide solutions.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ra01144f
Paper 9 separates hydrogen bonds from other electrostatic interactions.
Khoshdouni Farahani Z. A unified mechanistic perspective on protein-polysaccharide interactions underlying hybrid gel formation: A mini review.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crfs.2026.101436
Paper 10 lists hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic contacts, and van der Waals interactions as individual components of complexation.
Alibi A, Elleuch N, Shova S, Amiard F, Lhoste J, Boujelbene M. Structural, optical, thermal, and computational insights into the 1D antimony-based hybrid perovskite (C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>13</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)[SbI<sub>4</sub>]·H<sub>2</sub>O.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ra02020h
Paper 11 differentiates hydrogen bonding from other noncovalent interactions in crystal packing.
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