BRAINCAKEThe Importance of Hydrogen Bonding
Hydrogen bonds are about 10% the strength of covalent bonds, but when there ar a lot of them, their effect can be significant.
Hydrogen bonds can break and reform more easily than covalent bonds.
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Key terms in this lesson
- Covalent bond
- A strong electrostatic attraction between a shared pair of electrons and the nuclei of the bonded atoms.
- Hydrogen bond
- A strong permanent dipole-dipole interaction between a hydrogen atom bonded to N, O or F and a lone pair on an electronegative N, O or F atom of another molecule.
More in Bonding
- Dipole-Dipole Forces
- Van der Waals forces
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Boiling Point of Hydrides
- Electron Pair Repulsion Theory
- Two Pairs of Electrons
- Three Pairs of Electrons
- Four Pairs of Electrons
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