Question

"Though nitrogen and chlorine have almost equal electronegativity values, nitrogen forms hydrogen bonding while chlorine does not". This is due to:

• A. less size and more electronegativity of chlorine than nitrogen
• B. more size and more electronegativity of chlorine than nitrogen
• C. less size and more electronegativity of nitrogen than chlorine
• D. more size and more electronegativity of nitrogen than chlorine

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

less size and more electronegativity of nitrogen than chlorine

$N_2$ has slightly more electronegativity than $C{l}_2$, also $N_2$ is small in size than $C{l}_2$, hence forms hydrogen bond.