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Is a hydrogen bond a strong bond?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Darron DuBuque

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No. Hydrogen bonding is a strong intermolecular force. It is not a true bond.

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13y ago

No. A hydrogen bond is actually a type of intramolecular force. This means that when a H atom is bonded to the end of a Fluorine (F), Oxygen (O), or Nitrogen (N), it can attach to another F, O, or N to a create what we call in chemistry, a Hydrogen bond.

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13y ago

Hydrogen bonds can be intermolecular (between molecules) or intramolecular (between the atoms of a molecule).

Presuming you are asking about the intermolecular 'bonds', they are not actual bonds but are instead a weak attractive force between two molecules which have a hydrogen atom bonded to a very electronegative atom (F, O or N). The partially positively charged hydrogen atom is weakly attracted to the partially negatively charged electronegative atom in another molecule.

Hydrogen bonds are weak interactions and hence they help in increasing the boiling point and solubility of some solvents

See here for more information: hydrogen-bond

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13y ago

Hydrogen itself is a chemical element, not a bond.

If you are asking about hydrogen bonds then the answer is no. Hydrogen bonding is an intermolecular force of attraction, not a chemical bond.

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14y ago

Not really, it's more of a particularly strong intermolecular electrostatic interaction than a true bond. Hydrogen bond strengths are on the order of a few kcal/mol, less than a tenth of even a weak covalent bond.

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8y ago

No. Covalent bonds exist within a water molecule. Hydrogen bonds exist between water molecules.

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13y ago

Yes.

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