Question:
Explain why inspite of nearly the same electronegativity, oxygen forms hydrogen bonding while chlorine does not.
Solution:
Both chlorine and oxygen have almost the same electronegativity values, but chlorine rarely forms hydrogen bonding. This is because in comparison to chlorine, oxygen has a smaller size and as a result, a higher electron density per unit volume.
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