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gkangelexa
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Every water molecule is H-bonded with up to four other molecules (two through its two lone pairs, and two through its two hydrogen atoms.
These 4 intermolecular hydrogen bonds are what contribute to water's high boiling point..
My textbook compares this with Fluorine, which it says can only form two bonds because it has 3 lone pairs on the F atom but only one H atom...
H-F...H-F...H-F
This makes no sense to me. Why would Fluorine, which has 3 lone pairs as opposed to water's 2 lone pairs, not form just as many bonds than water?
Can't each lone pair attract it's own hydrogen just like each lone pair of water attract's each own hydrogen?
These 4 intermolecular hydrogen bonds are what contribute to water's high boiling point..
My textbook compares this with Fluorine, which it says can only form two bonds because it has 3 lone pairs on the F atom but only one H atom...
H-F...H-F...H-F
This makes no sense to me. Why would Fluorine, which has 3 lone pairs as opposed to water's 2 lone pairs, not form just as many bonds than water?
Can't each lone pair attract it's own hydrogen just like each lone pair of water attract's each own hydrogen?