JEE Advanced 2014Paper 1
- Exam
- JEE Advanced
- Year
- 2014
- Paper
- Paper 1
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
JEE Advanced 2014 · Paper 1 · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Hydrogen bonding plays a central role in the following phenomena:
Hydrogen bonding plays a central role in the following phenomena:

Options
- AIce floats in water
- BHigher Lewis basicity of primary amines than tertiary amines in aqueous solutions Higher Lewis basicity of primary amines than tertiary amines in aqueous solutions
- CFormic acid is more acidic than acetic acid
- DDimerisation of acetic acid in benzene
Correct answer
A. Ice floats in water
Step-by-step solution
A] Ice has cage-like structure in which each water molecule is surrounded by four other water molecules tetrahedral through hydrogen boding, due to this density of ice is less than water and it floats in water.
B]
The cation (I) more stabilized through hydrogen boding than cation II . So, is better base than _{3}NC{H}_{3}COOH due to inductive effect and not due to hydrogen bonding.
D] Acetic acid dimerizes in benzene through intermolecular hydrogen bonding.