Receptor molecules containing four hydrogen-bond acceptor or donor sites based on aminopyridines, aminonaphthyridines and urea subunits have been synthesized and their association has been investigated. DDAA (13a−c) and DADA (18a−b) arrays may form homodimers, while DAAD (24a−d) with ADDA (25a−b) may form heterodimers. While most parent heterocycles were only slightly soluble in standard organic solvents, substitution was able to enhance the solubility in most cases. The naphthyridine 24d, bearing a substituMultiple hydrogen bonds can be found in many recognition processes, both in enzymes and in the genetic code. [1] Correct binding by two or three parallel [2] or antiparallel hydrogen bonds is the key feature of the genetic code, which uses substituted purines and pyrimidines for the recognition and the storage of genetic information. [3] The number of hydrogen bonds involved in a recognition event has two important influences on the quality of this process: (i) the more hydrogen bonds are involved in a recognition, the tighter the binding usually becomes, [4Ϫ7] and (ii) more hydrogen bonds can convey more information.A hydrogen bond between a hydrogen-bond donor (D) and a hydrogen-bond acceptor (A) possesses a direction. Therefore, with two hydrogen bonds, two different pairs, formed from three different molecules, are possible: a heterodimer in which a DD unit binds AA, and a homodimer made of two DA molecules. Addition of one more hydrogen bond results in three possible dimers formed by six different units: DDD·AAA, DDA·AAD and DAD·ADA. With four hydrogen bonds, ten different molecules and six different dimers are possible (see Figure 1).In addition to the stronger binding due to the four hydrogen bonds in these dimers, more information can be stored [ ‡] Multiple hydrogen bonds, 3. Part 2 Ref. [33] [a]