What kind of bond is formed by hydrogen and oxygen?

1 Answer
Jun 19, 2017

#"A polar covalent bond............"#

Explanation:

Hydrogen is covalently bound to oxygen in a #"2-centre-2-electron"# bond. The oxygen and the hydrogen participate in a covalent bond, and such bonds are observed in water, alcohols, and also hydrogen peroxide, i.e. #OH_2,ROH, H-O-O-H#,

Because in the #-O-H# bond there is some unlittle degree of polarity, i.e. charge separation, #stackrel(delta+)H-stackrel(delta-)O-stackrel(delta+)H#, to give molecular dipoles, such polarity gives rise to the phenomenon of intermolecular hydrogen bonding.