38 The boiling points, at standard pressure, of four compounds are given in the table below.CompoundBoiling Point (oC)H2O100.0H2S-59.6H2Se-41.3H2Te-2.0
What type of attraction can be used to explain the unusually high boiling point of H2O?
Hydrogen bonding! Each hydrogen atom with a high charge density forms bonds with lone pairs on oxygen atoms. These bonds require a lot of energy to break giving water a relatively high boiling point.
