Question

Define hydrogen bond. Explain different types of hydrogen bond giving examples.

Answer 1

Hydrogen bond is a electrostatic attraction between a hydrogen atom which is bond to a more electronegative atom such as Nitrogen, Oxygen, fluorine.

These are two types of hydrogen bonds :-

1) Intermolecular Hydrogen bonding :- It occurs between two separate molecules.

Eq :- $H-F......H-F......H-F$

$\updownarrow$

$H-$bonding (Intermolecular)

2) Intermolecular Hydrogen bonding :- It occurs among the different facts of same molecule.

Eq :-