Re: TOJC - lecture

heldelsj@PLU.edu
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 11:26:18 -0800 (PST)

I have a question for anyone. perkiner wrote that a hydrogen can be
"bonded to a heteroatom and another heteroatom." How can this be when a
H only has 1 electron to give or share with the heteroatom. Or did you
mean that the heteroatoms are connected to each other. I don't quite
understand what this question was asking.

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996
perkiner@PLU.edu wrote:

>
> I was a little confused at the end of lecture today, because Dr. Frhyle
> was saying that hydrogen bonds occur between a hydrogen bonded to a
> heteroatom and another heteroatom. But during on of the presentations
> and in the book, examples are given of hydrogen bonds occuring with F,
> which I don't think is a heteroatom but is expremely electronegative.
> So, do hydrogen bonds occur between highly electronegative atoms and
> heteroatoms (which might be highly electronegative)? Anyone's feedback
> would be appreciated.
>
> Erika Perkins
>