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CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME ,WHY DOES NH3 FORM HYDROGEN BOND BUT PH3 DOES NOT?

CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME ,WHY DOES NH3 FORM HYDROGEN BOND BUT PH3 DOES NOT?

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Umakant biswal
5349 Points
7 years ago
 @xavier 
Nitrogen is highly electronegative as compared to phosphorous , this causes a greater attraction of electron towards nitrogen in Nh3 than towards phosphorous in Ph3 , 
hence , the extent of hydrogen bonding in ph3 is less as compared to nh3 
HOPE IT CLEARS 

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