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Q.Show hydrogen bonding in the above molecule with the help of a diagram.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Step 1. In a single HO molecule oxygen is far more electronegative than hydrogen, so each O-H bond is strongly polarised: the hydrogens carry a partial positive charge () and the oxygen a partial negative charge (), concentrated on its two lone pairs.
Step 2. A hydrogen bond forms when a hydrogen of one water molecule lines up with a lone pair on the oxygen of a NEIGHBOURING molecule -- drawn as a dotted line (the solid lines are the covalent O-H bonds):
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