Organic Groups
Intermolecular bonds
Aspirin has three intermolecular bonds, hydrogen bonds, dispersion, and dipole-dipole bonds. Hydrogen bonding can be described as the attraction between polar molecules due to the hydrogen being partially positively charged and another atom being partially negatively charged. An example of this in aspirin is the bond between a hydrogen and oxygen atom. Dispersion occurs between two atoms because they are adjacent to each other. Dipole-dipole bonding occurs when one molecule attrcts to the oppositely charged end of a second molecule.
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