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Offline bio101011

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Hydrogen Bonding
« on: January 07, 2014, 08:32:43 PM »
I am taking organic chemistry for the first time in college so try to bare with me.

I can see that Carbon bonding with Hydrogen is quite common but I am wondering about Oxygen or Nitrogen.

If Nitrogen has already formed three bonds will it constantly have a lone pair or can it be filled with a hydrogen bond?

Oxygen seems to be pretty open in accepting Hydrogen bonds but I could be wrong.

A lot of the elemental bonding properties seem to be situational to whether it's in an acid or base reaction or etc.; (if that's wrong let me know).

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Re: Hydrogen Bonding
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2014, 03:11:48 AM »
Both nitrogen and oxygen can accept H-bonds.
Think about amines (R-NH2) and alcohols (R-OH). These can form H-Bonds.
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Re: Hydrogen Bonding
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2014, 12:36:49 PM »
If you have three hydrogens bonded (3 hydrogen bonds) to a nitrogen atom, what is the name of that compound?
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Re: Hydrogen Bonding
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2014, 03:48:10 PM »
"Hydrogen bound to Nitrogen, Oxygen, or Fluorine=Hydrogen Bond"-  Thats how we learned it.  Hope that Helps.  Regarding the Amines, Yes, there will usually be a lone pair, unless it has been turned into a quaternary ammonium salt.  Three hydrogens with a nitrogen is ammonia :).
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