Does benzene have hydrogen bonds

Answer 1

Benzene molecules contain chemical bonds between hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms.

In pure benzene there is no significant amount of intermolecular "hydrogen bonding" in the sense that water and some other substances have: The two-word phrases "hydrogen bonds" and "hydrogen bonding" describe temporary and transient, stronger-than-normal, dipole-dipole bonds electrostatic bonds between (1) hydrogen atoms that are permanently bonded to another, more electronegative atom in a molecule and (2) portions of greater electron density than average in other parts of the same or a different molecule. atoms more electronegative than hydrogen atoms in other molecules of the same substance. Hydrogen bonds in this special sense are not chemical bonds and are weaker than most real chemical bonds but stronger than the van der Waals forces that cause nonpolar molecules to cohere with one another to form condensed phases (liquid or solid).

However, benzene molecules can form hydrogen bonds with other molecules that form dipoles, including water molecules.

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