Question

Below is a picture of the structure of five water molecules. Please describe how hydrogen bonds are formed, which atoms have the slightly positive charges and which atoms have the slightly negative charges, and a description of why Hydrogen bonding is important for life using examples of two different properties that are given to liquid water by having these bonds.

Answer 1

Answer:

water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom, and its overall structure is bent. This is because the oxygen atom, in addition to forming bonds with the hydrogen atoms, also carries two pairs of unshared electrons. All of the electron pairs—shared and unshared—repel each other.