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Can nitrogen form hydrogen bonds

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No element on its own can form hydrogen bonds.

Only compounds where hydrogen is bonded to nitrogen, oxygen, or fluorine.

Hydrogen bonded to carbon and sulfur (selenium?) can also participate in strong hydrogen bonding when these atoms are bound to electronegative elements or ligands. (Eg. HCN, CHCl3, CH3COSH)

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No, there is not a great enough electronegativity difference between hydrogen and iodine.

Hydrogen bonding only occurs in compounds where hydrogen bonds with nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine.

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A big NO. A hydrogen bond is a result of an interaction between a hydrogen atom from a molecule X-H where X is more electronegative than hydrogen, and an atom or group of atoms from the same or different molecule. So hydrogen has to be present fo a hydrogen bond to be formed.

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Sodium Hydride is ionic.

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