Question

What kind of bond is created by a weak electrical attraction between polar molecules?

Answer 1

This would be called the dipole-dipole interaction.

Explanation:

The predominant intermolecular force between two polar molecules (unless it can undergo the stronger hydrogen bond) is the dipole-dipole interaction.

This type of force occurs between the positive end of one molecule and the negative end of another molecule:

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In this image, the slightly positive hydrogen end (slightly positive because it has a lower electronegativity than `"Cl"`) is electrically attracted to the slightly negative chlorine end (slightly negative because it is more electronegative than `"H"`, which means electron density will be more concentrated toward `"Cl"`).

If the more electronegative atom (that is bonded to `"H"`) is `"N"`, `"O"`, or `"F"` (the nonmetals with the highest electronegativity), then the force is known as hydrogen bonding, which is stronger than dipole-dipole forces.

An example of this hydrogen bonding is seen in plain old water molecules:

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