homoconjugation
- [obsolete]Association between a base and its conjugate acid through a hydrogen bond (B
... HB+
or AH
... A−).
Homoassociation is a more appropriate term for this phenomenon.
-
The orbital overlap of two π-systems separated by a non-conjugating group, such as
CH2.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1121