H-N/O/F 其實都唔係一個準確講法,重點係嗰H (H-bond acceptor) 要highly exposed with a relative high delta +ve charge,而H-bond donor係lone pairs on highly electronegative atoms (mostly to be F/N/O
例如,trichloromethane 同 acetone之間,係有hydrogen bond的。
3 chlorine atoms in trichloromethane draw electrons towards themselves, which results in a relatively highly +ve charge on the hydrogen atom. It forms a hydrogen bond with lone pairs on oxygen atom in acetone