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Explain why inspite of nearly the same electronegativity, oxygen forms hydrogen bonding while chlorine does not.

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Explain why inspite of nearly the same electronegativity, oxygen forms hydrogen bonding while chlorine does not.

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Both chlorine and oxygen have almost the same electronegativity values, but chlorine rarely forms hydrogen bonding. This is because in comparison to chlorine, oxygen has a smaller size and as a result, a higher electron density per unit volume.

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