Hydrogen Bonding

[Simer_Shera_2D]

If an N,O, or F atom hypothetically has 2 lone pairs, is it capable of creating 2 hydrogen bonds, one for every lone pair, or just one hydrogen bond. In other words, does the number of potential hydrogen bonds for an atom depend on the number of lone pairs that atom has?

[Hannah Lechtzin 1K]

Technically it should be possible to hydrogen bond with both lone pairs, but I'm not sure if that would actually happen in a real-life scenario. I hope this helps!

[Lucy Wang 2J]

if a N, O or F atom has 2 lone pairs, then hypothetically yes it could form two hydrogen bonds, one for each lone pair.

[Kimiya Aframian IB]

If an N,O, or F atom hypothetically has 2 lone pairs, is it capable of creating 2 hydrogen bonds, one for every lone pair, or just one hydrogen bond. In other words, does the number of potential hydrogen bonds for an atom depend on the number of lone pairs that atom has?

Hi! If there are potentially 2 lone pairs then they can make 2 hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen bond sites are on any lone pair with these atoms that have a dipole. Hope this helps!

[Xinying Wang_3C]

Yes, hypothetically they can for two hydrogen bonds with two different hydrogen atoms.

[aashmi_agrawal_3d]

It technically can form two hydrogen bonds but I don't think it is very likely.