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Chlorine is unable to form hydrogen bonds despite having similar electronegativity to nitrogen and possessing 3 lone pairs of electrons. Why?

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Answer:

Atomic size of nitrogen is smaller than chlorine

Explanation:

Due to this electron density per unit volume on nitrogen atom is higher than that of chlorine atom. Therefore, nitrogen form hydrogen bonds while chlorine doe not although nitrogen and chlorine have nearly same electronegativity.

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