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    Jun 24, 2009, 08:07 PM
    Hydrogen bond acceptors
    Explain why adlehydes and ketones can act as hydrogen bond acceptors, but not hydrogen bond donors.
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    Jun 24, 2009, 08:10 PM

    The electronegativity of oxygen atom makes it an electron acceptor, but not an electron donor.
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