Question
Question: Does chlorine do hydrogen bonding? Give an example...
Does chlorine do hydrogen bonding? Give an example
Answer
No. Hydrogen Chloride (HCl).
Explanation
Solution
Hydrogen bonding occurs when a hydrogen atom is covalently bonded to a highly electronegative atom (N, O, or F) and is attracted to a lone pair on another electronegative atom. Chlorine is not one of these highly electronegative atoms (N, O, F) required to be bonded to hydrogen for H-bonding. In HCl, H is bonded to Cl, not N, O, or F. Therefore, HCl exhibits strong dipole-dipole interactions, not hydrogen bonds.