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There’s something very special

about hydrogen hydroxide-

Molecular structure

[HOH or H 2 0]

• 56% of time completely covalent bond
• 44% acts like it has weak unsatisfied valences
• resonates between 4 possible states:

electrical dipole moment allows formation of hydrogen bonds between H+ and O-

very weak and short lived, approx. 10 -11 sec

105o

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