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Grade 10Physical Chemistry

The maximum number of hydrogen bond in which HF molecule can participate are? Justify.

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8 Years agoGrade 10
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in HF, there are three lone pairs . but it has only one H atom So there are not enough number of H atoms to bond with all of the lone pairs available and then you also end up with two bonds. One of the bonds from the only H atom and other one from the lone pair present ..... Therefore HF can maximum form two hydrogen bonds