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Explain why inspite of nearly the same electronegativity, nitrogen forms hydrogen bonding while chlorine does not.

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Due to larger size of chlorine than nitrogen, the electron density per unit volume of chlorine is much lower than nitrogen. Thus, nitrogen forms H-bond while chlorine doesnot.
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