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A hydrogen when attached to an electronegative atom develops:

  1. hydrogen bond

  2. ionic bonds

  3. covalent bond

  4. dative bond
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Explanation

The hydrogen bond is really a special case of dipole forces. A hydrogen bond is the attractive force between the hydrogen attached to an electronegative atom of one molecule and an electronegative atom of a different molecule. Usually the electronegative atom is oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine, which has a partial negative charge. The hydrogen then has the partial positive charge.

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