1.Weak forces of attraction
2.Concepts of Hydrogen bonding
3.Types of hydrogen bonding
4.Properties of hydrogen bond.
5.Methods of detection of hydrogen bond.
6.Importance of Hydrogen bonding.
7.Vander walls forces
a.Ion-dipole
b.Dipole-dipole
c.London forces.
8.Origin of hydrogen bonds.
9.Consequen...
1.Weak forces of attraction
2.Concepts of Hydrogen bonding
3.Types of hydrogen bonding
4.Properties of hydrogen bond.
5.Methods of detection of hydrogen bond.
6.Importance of Hydrogen bonding.
7.Vander walls forces
a.Ion-dipole
b.Dipole-dipole
c.London forces.
8.Origin of hydrogen bonds.
9.Consequences of hydrogen bonding.
10.Ice has less density than water.
11.Intermolecular forces.
Points to be covered
➢Weak forces of attraction
➢Hydrogen bonding
➢Concepts
➢Types
➢Properties
➢Methods of detection and importance
➢Vander walls forces
➢Ion-dipole
➢Dipole-dipole
➢London forces
Weak forces of Attractions
Chemical forces and Interactions :
Types of InteractionStrength Energy –distance function
Covalent Bond Verystrong Complex, but comparatively
long range
Ionic Bond Verystrong 1/r, comparatively long range
Ion-dipole Strong 1/r
2
, short range
Dipole-dipole Moderately strong1/r
3
, short range
Ion-induced dipoleweak 1/r
4
, very short range
Dipole-induced dipoleVery weak 1/r
6
, extremely short range
London dispersion
forces
Very weak 1/r
6
, extremely short range
The Origin of Hydrogen bonds
Hydrogen: attached
directly to one of the most
electronegative elements
Electronegative elements:
not only significantly
negative charged, but also
has at least one "active"
lone pair.
Electrons: contained in a
relatively small volume of
space which therefore has
a high density of negative
charge.
Inter-molecular
Bonding
Intra-molecular
COVALENTHydrogen bond
Van der Waals
Etc.
,, …
Dipole-dipole
Dipole-Induced dipole
Instantaneous dipole-induced dipoleLondon Dispersion
Relative strengths
dispersion forces < dipole-dipole interactions < hydrogen bonds
Ion-dipole
Cation-Pi
Pi-Pi
The term ‘Van der Waals forces’ is sometimes used for a specific type (London Dispersion) rather than the class
We will describe briefly a few of these (only) here
Types of Hydrogen bonding
▪Thecovalentbodingbetweenahydrogen
atomandastronglyelectronegativeatom
becomes‘polar’-covalent
▪The‘charged’hydrogen‘ion’canbe
attractedtoaelectronegativeatom,suchas
nitrogen,oxygenorfluorine
▪hydrogenbondshouldnotbeconfused
withacovalentbondtohydrogen.
▪Types of hydrogen bonds:
➢Intermolecular(betweenmolecular)
➢Intramolecular(withinamolecule)
▪E.g.ofhydrogenbonding:water
(responsibleforthehighboilingpointof
watercomparedtosayH
2S),DNA,partly
responsibleforthesecondary,tertiary,and
quaternarystructuresofproteinsand
nucleicacids,Polymers
O
−
H
+ H+
O
−
H
+ H+
Hydrogen bond
Electronegativityis the tendency of an atom in a molecule to attract shared electrons to
itself. An electronegative atom pulls more of the electron density from the bond towards
itself.
A hydrogen bond is the attractive force between one
electronegative atom and a hydrogen covalently
bonded to another electronegative atom.
It results from a dipole-dipole force with a hydrogen
atom bonded to nitrogen,oxygenor fluorine (thus the
name "hydrogen bond", which must not be confused
with a covalent to hydrogen).
The energy of a hydrogen bond (typically 5 to 30
kJ/mole) is comparable to that of weak covalent bonds
(155 kJ/mol), and a typical covalent bond is only 20
times stronger than an intermolecular hydrogen bond.
These bonds can occur between molecules (intermolecularly), or
within different parts of a single molecule (intramolecularly).
The hydrogen bond is a very strong fixed dipole-dipole Vander
Walls-Keesomforce , but weaker than covalent, ionic and metallic
bonds.
The hydrogen bond is somewhere between a covalent bond and an
electrostatic intermolecular attraction.
This type of bond occurs in both inorganic molecules (such as
water) and organic molecules (such as DNA).
Intermolecular hydrogen bonding is responsible for the high
boiling point of water (100 °C).
This is because of the strong hydrogen bond, as opposed to other
group16 hydrides.
Intramolecularhydrogen bonding is partly responsible for the
secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures of proteins and
nucleic acids.
Properties of Hydrogen Bond
❖1)Itisabondbetweentwoelectronegativeatomsonly.Itneverinvolves
morethantwoatoms(excludingHatoms).
❖2)BondEnergyofaH-bondisintherangeof3-10Kcal/mole.While
thatofanormalcovalentbondisintherangeof50-100Kcal/mole.
ThusaH-bond(H---B)ismuchweakerthanacobalentbondA-H.
❖ThedifferenceinenergybetweenA-HandH...Bbondindicatesthey
havedifferentbondlengthwhichinturnshowsthatHatominA-H...B
isnevermidwaybetweentwoatomsAandB.
❖ItisratheralwaysnearertoatomAwhichiscovalentlybondedtoH-
atom.
❖H-Bondhasmoreenergy(=3-10Kcal/mole)thanVanderWallsforces(=
1Kcal/mole).
❖3)TheformationofH-bonddoesnotinvolveanysharingofelectron
pairs.Itisthereforequitedifferentfromacovalentbond.
Properties of Hydrogen Bond
4)H-bondinA-H....BisformedeasilywhenboththeatomsA&
Barehighlyelectronegative.
ThustheeaseofformationofH-bondinA-H...Bincreseswith
theincreasesintheelectronegativityvalueofatomAindicating
as
A.
ThistendencyclearlyexplainsthattendencyofA-Hbondto
formaH-bondincreasesfromN-HthroughO-HtoF-Has
N
O
F.
ThistendencydecreasesinpassingfromO-HtoS-HorfromF-
HtoCl-Hbecause
O
sand
F
Cl
ThisshowsthatFatomwithhighestelectronegativity(
F)forms
thestrongerH-bond.
Formation of hydrogen bonds between H
2O molecules.
hydrogen bond
Electrostatic attraction exists between partial positive charge of H
atom and the lone pair electrons of O atom of another H
2O.
Formation of hydrogen bonds between NH
3
molecules
hydrogen bond
Electrostatic attraction exists between partial positive charge of H
atom and the lone pair electrons of N atom of another NH
3.
Consequences of Hydrogen Bonding
Properties explained by Hydrogen bonding:
1. State of H
2
O and H
2 S:
TheeaseofformationofH-BondinA-H...Bdecreaseswiththe
decreaseintheelectronegativityofatomB.
Thusas
O
s,ThereisaconsiderableHydrogenbonding
inH
2OwhileinH
2S,itisabsent.
Inotherwords,H
2Omoleculecanassociatetogetherto
formapolymerizedmolecule,(H
2O)n(calledcluster)in
whichhydrogenatomactsasabridgebetweentwooxygen
atomswhicharehighlyelectronegative.
Duetoformationofthispolymerized(H
2O)
nmolecule
containingHydrogenbondswaterexistsasaliquid.
InH
2SthereisnoHydrogenbondformation.Henceitdoes
notformcluster.Henceitexistsasagas.
Melting and Boiling points of Hydrides of N,O & F
If the melting points and boiling points of the Hydrides
of the elements of Group IV A, V A, VI A & VIIA are
plotted against their molecular weights of these
hydrides, we get following plot.
Group 15
Formula Molar mass B.P.(0C)
Group 16
Formula Molar mass B.P. (0C)
Group 17
Formula M.MassB.P.(.(0C)
SbH
3 125 -17.0 H
2Te 130-1.8HI127.9-3.5
AsH
3 78 -55.1 H
2Se 81 -42.0HBr80.9-67.1
PH
3 34 -84.6 H
2S 93 -59.6HCl36.5-85.0
NH
3 17 -33.0 H
2O 18 100 HF200 +19.4
H –bonding and boiling pointPredicted and actual boiling points
-200
-150
-100
-50
0
50
100
Period
Boiling point
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
2 3 4 5
Ice has less Density than water
Inthecrystalstructureofice,theoxygenatomissurroundedbyfourH-
atoms.
TwoH-atomsarelinkedtoO-atombycovalentbondsandthe
remainingtwoH-atomsarelinkedtoO-atombytwoH-bondsshown
bydottedline.
Thus,inice,everywatermoleculeisassociatedwithfourotherwater
moleculesbyH-bondinginatetrahedralfashion.
IcehasopenstructurewithalargeemptyspaceduetoexistenceofH-
bonds.
Asicemeltsat0
0C,
numberofH-bondsarebrokendownandthespace
betweenwatermoleculesdecreasessothatwatermoleculesmoveclose
together.
Thedensityofwaterthereforeincreasesfrom0
0C
to4
0C
atwhichitis
maximum.
a water
molecule
hydrogen
bond
hydrogen atom
oxygen atom
What hydrogen bonds help to do?
Multiple hydrogen bonds.
➢hold the two strands of the DNA double helix
together .
➢hold polypeptidestogether in such secondary
structures as the alpha helix and the beta
conformation
➢helps enzymesin bind to their substrates
➢helps antibodiesbind to their antigen
➢helps transcription factorsbind to each other and
DNA ……
The approximate interaction energy in this case is given by
(r) = ---([3 E
1
E
2
/2(E
1
+ E
2
)] [
1
2
/ (4
0
]
2
(r6)
Where
E
1
,E
2
= Ionization energies of two molecules.
Other parameters have same significance.
The Vander Waals attraction in non-polar molecules is thus
exclusively due to London forces.
Van derWaals
Dipole-Dipole interactions
▪In the covalent bonding between two atoms
of very different electronegativitythe bond
becomes highly polar (introducing partial
charges on the species)
▪This dipole can interact with other
permanent dipoles
▪This interaction is stronger than dispersion
forces
Br
+
F
− Br
+
F
−
Instantaneous dipole-
induced dipoleLondon Dispersion
▪Instantaneously generated dipole (due to asymmetry in electron charge
distribution around the nucleus) on one atom leads to slight polarization of
the atom
(→ quantum induced instantaneous polarization)
➢This induces a dipole on the neighbouringatom (temporarily)
▪The force between these two dipoles is called the London dispersion
forces
▪The force is very weak and is temporally varying
▪Can operate between non-polar molecules (H
2, Cl
2, CO
2etc.)
▪The strength of the dispersion forces will increase with number of
electrons in the molecule
Ar
Ar
London forces
Induced dipole
A dipole forms in one atom or
molecule, inducing a dipole in the
other
Eventually electrons are situated so that
tiny dipoles form
Ion-Dipole
▪Permanent dipole
interacts with an ion.
▪This explains for
example the solubility
of NaClin water.
▪The figure below shows
the interaction of Na
+
and Cl
−
ions interacting
with the permanent
dipoles in a water
molecule.