Nitrogen and chlorine have the same electronegativity but only former shows intermolecular hydrogen bonding. Discuss.
Both N and Cl have the same electronegativity (3.0), but the atomic size of nitrogen is much smaller than that of chlorine. Thus, nitrogen atom polarises the covalent bond N-H much more than done by Cl atom in H-Cl bond. As a result, the only nitrogen atom is able to exhibit intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
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248.
What are the types of hydrogen bonding? Give examples.
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249.
What are the conditions for the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonding?
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250.O-Nitrophenol is steam volatile, while p-nitrophenol is not. Explain. Or Boiling point of o-nitrophenol is less than p-nitrophenol. Explain.