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Which element cannot participate in hydrogen bonding?



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Hydrogen bonding takes place between hydrogen and either nitrogen, oxygen, or fluorine. Carbon has an electronegativity similar to hydrogen's, and will not hydrogen bond with hydrogens in other molecules. Only molecules with -OH, -FH, or -NH groups can form hydrogen bonds.
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Carbon dioxide

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because when hydrogen mixes with oxygen carbon dioxide is canceled out

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