I keep getting “Hydrogen bonding” questions wrong in Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure. What's the trap?
treating hydrogen bonds as ordinary covalent bonds.
The usual trap: treating hydrogen bonds as ordinary covalent bonds. How to avoid it: hydrogen bonding explains water's unusually high boiling point. Go back to the definition — a strong dipole attraction when H is bonded to N, O or F.
Key point
Hydrogen bonding
Common mistake
treating hydrogen bonds as ordinary covalent bonds.
Memory tip
hydrogen bonding explains water's unusually high boiling point.
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