The Vietnam War (1954-1973) was a very long and costly war in which over three million people lost their lives. The United States became involved in the war to support their allies in South Vietnam. The U.S. and South Vietnam were fighting against the communist regime known as the Viet Kong.
Ion-dipole interaction (dipole-ion interaction): A noncovalent attraction between one pole of a bond dipole and an oppositely-charged ion. The Î´+ end of the bond dipole is attracted to an anion, and the Î´- end of the bond dipole is attracted to a cation.
Dipole-dipole attraction is weaker than ion-dipole attraction, but it can still have significant effects if the dipole moments are large. The most important example of dipole-dipole attraction is hydrogen bonding which is discussed on page 15.