All of the following statements help to explain why water molecules form hydrogen bonds except:

a. Water is an electronegative molecule.
b. The electrons spend more time around the oxygen atom because oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen.
c. There is a partial positive charge on each hydrogen atom and two partial negative charges on the oxygen atom in a water molecule.
d. Attractions form between opposite partial charges.


Answer: a. Water is an electronegative molecule.

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