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Hydrogen Bonds Polar Covalent

"On the polar covalence of hydrogen bonds"

Taste the micro-physical properties of hydrogen bonds, the theory of hydrogen bonds, there are many opinions. For hydrogen bonds, their properties are related to polar covalence, which is the key to exploring the structure and properties of matter.

There are hydrogen bonds between the molecules. However, its essence, whether it is polar covalent, still needs to be analyzed in detail. For polar covalent, atoms are bound by a common electron pair, and the electron pair is biased towards the atom with strong electronegativity, resulting in polarity.

In the shape of hydrogen bonds, hydrogen atoms are connected to atoms with large electronegativity and small radius (such as fluorine, oxygen, nitrogen, etc.), and the electron cloud of hydrogen is biased towards their atoms, causing hydrogen to be positively charged. When this hydrogen is close to another atom with high electronegativity, it attracts each other to form a hydrogen bond.

However, upon closer inspection, the force of hydrogen bonding is different from that of typical polar covalent bonds. Its bond energy is weak, and it is not strictly a shared electron pair bonding. Although hydrogen has electron cloud migration and polarity, its mode of action is different from traditional polar covalency.

Or, hydrogen bonds are both polar, because their formation is related to the difference in atomic electronegativity, and the electron cloud is biased. However, it is not purely polar covalent, and its bonding mode is special, which is between intermolecular forces and covalent bonds.

In summary, the polar covalency of hydrogen bonds cannot be generalized. It has a profound impact on the state of matter, melting point, solubility, and many other properties. Only by in-depth investigation can we clarify the wonders of physical properties, which is of great benefit to the study of chemistry.