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Explain why hydrogen bonding does not exist in HCl although Cl is quite electronegative.

Om Gujjar , 4 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
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Rituraj Tiwari

Last Activity: 4 Years ago

Despite its electronegativity, size of a chlorine atom is larger and hence, the electron density is low. So, HCl does not have hydrogen bonding but,HF,NH3​,H2​Oshows hydrogen bonding.

Mayank Ranka

Last Activity: 4 Years ago

Dear student,Despite its electronegativity, size of a chlorine atom is larger and hence, the electron density is low. So, HCl does not have hydrogen bonding but,HF,NH3​,H2​Oshows hydrogen bonding.

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