hydrogen bonding
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| 27th Sep, 2008,
09:17: PM
hydrogen bond results from a dipole-dipole force between an electronegative atom and a hydrogen atom bonded to nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.A hydrogen atom attached to a relatively electronegative atom is a hydrogen bond donor. This electronegative atom is usually fluorine, oxygen, or nitrogen. An electronegative atom such as fluorine, oxygen, or nitrogen is a hydrogen bond acceptor, regardless of whether it is bonded to a hydrogen atom or not. An example of a hydrogen bond donor is ethanol, which has a hydrogen bonded to oxygen; an example of a hydrogen bond acceptor which does not have a hydrogen atom bonded to it is the oxygen atom on diethyl ether.
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| 28th Sep, 2008,
11:36: PM
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