Hydrogen bonds

Definition

A type of attractive intermolecular force that occurs when a hydrogen atom bonded to a highly electronegative atom exists in the vicinity of another electronegative atom with a lone pair of electrons.

Related terms

Electronegativity: The measure of the ability of an atom to attract shared electrons in a chemical bond.

Intermolecular Forces: The forces which mediate interaction between molecules, including forces of attraction or repulsion which act between molecules and other types of neighboring particles.

Polarity: A property of molecules that describes the distribution of electrical charge around them.