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I am studying alcohols and the book, which states that the positive charge of the hydrogen in the hydroxyl group can attract the lone pairs on an oxygen from a neighboring molecule forming hydrogen bonds.
I don't understand what lone pairs are and I don't understand why the positive charge can attract the lone pairs on oxygen from a neighbouring molecule. What neighbouring molecule and do they mean the oxygen in the hydroxyl group
I don't understand what lone pairs are and I don't understand why the positive charge can attract the lone pairs on oxygen from a neighbouring molecule. What neighbouring molecule and do they mean the oxygen in the hydroxyl group
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To recap lone pairs its best to go back to your gcse notes on covalent bonding - lone pairs are electrons present in covalent molecules which are not involved in bonding. Look here it has some simple examples.
https://science-revision.co.uk/coval...compounds.html
Alcohols contain the functional group R-OH, its called a hydroxyl group. The O-H bond is a polar one, this means that the hydrogen will have a slight positive charge and the oxygen a slight negative charge. If you are not sure what a polar covalent bond is look here:
https://science-revision.co.uk/A-lev...egativity.html
also check out the pages on electronegativity.
a neighbouring molecule is just another alcohol molecule, they will hydroegn bond to each other
https://science-revision.co.uk/A-lev...H_bonding.html
https://science-revision.co.uk/coval...compounds.html
Alcohols contain the functional group R-OH, its called a hydroxyl group. The O-H bond is a polar one, this means that the hydrogen will have a slight positive charge and the oxygen a slight negative charge. If you are not sure what a polar covalent bond is look here:
https://science-revision.co.uk/A-lev...egativity.html
also check out the pages on electronegativity.
a neighbouring molecule is just another alcohol molecule, they will hydroegn bond to each other
https://science-revision.co.uk/A-lev...H_bonding.html
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