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EFFECT OF HYDROGEN BONDING ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF

SUBSTANCE

BOILING POINT

SOLUBILITY OF
COVALENT COMPOUND
IN WATER

NH3,HF, H20

MOLAR MASS OF
CARBOXYLIC ACID IN
VAPOUR PHASE

Alcohol (ROH), carboxylic acid (RCOOH)

DENSITY OF ICE
(SOLID WATER )

Molar mass of ethanoic acid

1)

ICE LESS DENSE THAN WATER ?


BOILING POINT INCREASE

and Amide (RCONH2)

In

ice, the H2O molecules are


WHY ?

SOLUBLE IN H20
an open lattice

CH3 C

OH

held apart in

WHY ?

N-H bond is the least polar bond.

WHY ?

structure by H-bonds.
(EN : N < O < F)

Because they (ROH, RCOOH, RCONH2),

# Hydrogen bond between NH3

can form H-bond with H20 molecules.

Ethanoic acid forms hydrogen bonded dilmer.

molecules is the weakest.


NOTE :

1) Alcohol (ROH)

BOILING POINT OF H2O > HF


ALTHOUGH (EN O < F) BECAUSE
HYDROGEN BOND

when melting occurs, the


H-BONDING THAN HF

H-bonds break.

2) Carboxylic acid (RCOOH)

H20 CAN FORM MORE

HYDROGEN BONDING

OH

3) Amide (RCONH2)

MOLECULES.
the ice lattice to break

HYDROGEN BONDING

PROCESS : DIMERISATION

- causing

down and

molecules come

closer together.

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