structure and properties of water - biological molecules
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water is a polar molecule
known as dipole due to unfair sharing of electrons in covalent bond
why is water a polar molecule
because the shared negative hydrogen electrons are pulled towards the oxygen atom
leaves other side of each hydrogen atom with slight positive charge
the unshared negative electrons on oxygen atom leaves oxygen slightly negative charge on one side and slight positive charge on other
structure of h2o
oxygen must be drawn slightly larger
one atom of oxygen joined to two atoms of hydrogen by covalent bonds
hydrogen bonding between water molecules
weak bonds
slightly positively charged hydrogen atom in one molecule and slightly negatively charged oxygen atom in another molecules , form hydrogen bonds due to opposite attraction