A hydrogen bond is not exactly a type of van der Waals
interaction; van der Wall forces include the Keesom force, the Debye force and the
London dispersion force.
A hydrogen bond has a force of
attraction much larger than that of the van der Walls force. The hydrogen bond is
created by the interaction of hydrogen that is attached to an electronegative atom like
flourine, oxygen, nitrogen with an electronegative atom that is part of another
molecule.
A typical example of hydrogen bonding occurs in
water, which is the reason behind water having a high boiling point and other
characteristics distinct from similar compounds. The hydrogen bond has an acceptor and a
donor. In water, the hydrogen that is attached to water is a hydrogen bond donor and the
oxygen is a hydrogen bond acceptor.
No comments:
Post a Comment