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Why do some oxygen containing hydrocarbon form hydrogen bonds and others do not?

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Jill:
 ??? Why do some oxygen containing hydrocarbon form hydrogen bonds and others do not?



Edit: edited title for better indexing. Mitch

Mitch:
A hydrogen bond is a bond between a lone pair of electrons on oxgen and a hydrogen atom.

AWK:
Hydrocarbons cannot contain oxygen.

GCT:
Are you asking both as a donor and acceptor?  

The differences may be due to the length of the nonpolar tail, or any other structural significance for that matter.

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