Can methane CH4 participate in hydrogen bonding, please xplain or copy a link or something i dont understand?

Answer 1

Hydrogen bonding is about the propensity of H: to donate some of that pair of electrons to an atom (usually) that is more electronegative (usually because of the way it is bonded to other atoms). So the H becomes a little positive δ+ and the other atom δ- so while there is some sharing of the electron density it is not (usually) strong enough to qualify as an actual covalent bond. The C:H bond is almost non-polar so ther is little tendency for the H to donate electron density. BUT if the other atom is very strongly electronegative then yes, I believe CH4 can form hydrogen bonds. (But in general this would be very unusual in the typical conditions we study) so its not something you'd predict to happen at or close to lab STP. I'm thinking cold ionized plasmas CL-2 and CH4 say...(Extreme conditions).

Answer 2

Ch4 Hydrogen Bond

Answer 3

Ch4 Bond

Answer 4

No, Hydrogen only occurs when hydrogen is bonded to an Oxygen, Nitrogen, or Fluorine because they are so electronegative it creates a partially positive and partially negative charge on the two bond components allowing for hydrogen bonding. Examples- HF, H20, and NH3 all have hydrogen bonding

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Can methane CH4 participate in hydrogen bonding, please xplain or copy a link or something i dont understand?

Answer 6

how nice there now off the co2. now there on methane, there probably After methane now because its also very very common, its ch4 is related to stuff out there like co2, not surpassing we produce methane daily as well as every living thing in life and most things that we operate. we produce methane when we go to the bathroom and when we release gas, same for animals. methane is used in energy production. it is a much stronger global warming agent then co2. since a cow will damage the environment more with its 1 day of methane ch4 dumping then a suv does in a year in co2.

Answer 7

Methane is already stable. There is no valence electron left as carbon's four valence electron has been filled with 4 hydrogens. Somemore, Hydrogen bonding is only formed when there is a valence Hydrogen electrons and oxygen's valence electrons.

Answer 8

NO, Hydrogen bonding is the intermolecular force that exists between an H atom of one molecule and an electronegative atom (N, O, or F) of another molecule. If a molecule has N−H, O−H, or F−H bonds, that molecule exhibits hydrogen bonding.

Answer 9

Normally molecules hydrogen bond when they have lone pairs of electrons. Since methane does not have any lone pair electrons it does not hydrogen bond

Answer 10

no. methane can not form hydrogen bond because carbon is less electronegative compared to oxygen,fluorine,nitrogen which are the most elements to form hydrogen bond.by the way carbon is bonded to four hydrogen atoms.it hasn't the ability to form this bond.