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What is hydrogen bonding? How can you tell whether a compound has hydrogen bonding?
Chapter 12, Problem 25Q(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
What is hydrogen bonding? How can you tell whether a compound has hydrogen bonding?
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QUESTION:
What is hydrogen bonding? How can you tell whether a compound has hydrogen bonding?
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Solution 25Q
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Hydrogen bond
A hydrogen bond is the electrostatic attraction between two polar groups that occurs when a hydrogen (H) atom covalently bound to a highly electronegative atom such as nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), or fluorine (F) experiences the electrostatic field of another highly electronegative atom nearby.This is not a sharing of electrons, as in a covalent bond. Instead, this is an attraction between the positive and negative poles of charged atoms.