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Cecilia Cisneros 1F
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Postby Cecilia Cisneros 1F » Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:40 pm

Are there any H-bonds present in the compound: H2SeO4? Question 3F.1 says there are, but I didn't think there were any present.
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John Pham 3L
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Postby John Pham 3L » Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:44 pm

There would be H-bonds present in H2SeO4.
Drawing the Lewis structure shows that each of the H is attached to an Oxygen which makes it an H-Bond
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Christine Ma 3L
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Postby Christine Ma 3L » Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:47 pm

Yep, two of the oxygens that are bound to the Se are each also bound to a hydrogen atom. Since the H atoms are covalently bonded to more electronegative atoms AND the oxygens have available lone pairs, the two conditions for hydrogen bonding are met and H2SeO4 can hydrogen bond with itself.
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