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Structure and Physical Properties of Ethers

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Chlorine is more electronegative than oxygen but still oxygen forms hydrogen bond but chlorine does not form hydrogen bond??

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Inspite of being sufficiently electronegative atom chlorine can not form Hydrogen bonding as that of oxygen becuase of it's ;arge size.
Due to it's large size,polaristaion due to hydrogen atom is large and thus it ends up forming polar bond. Thus Chlorine becomes poor hydrogen acceptor.

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