MCQ
Hydrogen bonding plays a central role in the following phenomena :

$(A)$ Ice floats in water.

$(B)$ Higher Lewis basicity of primary amines than tertiary amines in aqueous solutions.

$(C)$ Formic acid is more acidic than acetic acid.

$(D)$ Dimerisation of acetic acid in benzene.

  • A
    $(B,C,D)$
  • B
    $(A,C,D)$
  • $(A,B,D)$
  • D
    $(A,B,C)$

Answer

Correct option: C.
$(A,B,D)$
c
Ice is less dense than water due to open crystal structure because of $H$-bonding.

The basicity of $1^{\circ}$ amines is more than $3^{\circ}$ amines as after they donate lone pair to $H ^{+}$, they can form $H -$ bonding with $H _2 O$ molecules and get easily stabilized by solvation. Where as in tertiary amines, the stabilization by solvation is very less.

The dimerisation of acetic acid in benzene is due to $H$-bonding

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Hence ans is: $A , B , D$

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