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Identify the compound that has hydrogen bonding.

A. (CH₃)₃N
B. Br₂
C. CH₃CH₃
D. HBr
E. CH₃OH

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Final answer:

CH3OH (methanol) is the compound among the options that exhibits hydrogen bonding due to the presence of a hydroxyl (-OH) group.

Step-by-step explanation:

The compound that has hydrogen bonding among the given options is CH3OH (methanol). In order to have hydrogen bonding, a molecule must contain hydrogen attached to a highly electronegative atom like oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine, which can act as a hydrogen bond donor. CH3OH meets this criterion because it has a hydroxyl (-OH) group where hydrogen is directly bonded to oxygen, a highly electronegative atom. This allows it to participate in hydrogen bonding due to the oxygen's lone pairs of electrons.

Other compounds, such as (CH3)3N (trimethylamine), lack a hydrogen atom necessary for the bonding; Br2 (bromine), CH3CH3 (ethane), and HBr (hydrogen bromide) do not contain the OH, NH, or FH groups necessary for hydrogen bonding.

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