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

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Inspite of nearly the same electronegativity, nitrogen forms hydrogen bonding while chlorine does not, the reason behind this is the small size of nitrogen atom as compared to the chlorine atom. The small size makes electron density per volume higher.

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