Hey Visitor!

WATER
I might bond, because I’m lying
Right next tooooooo ethanol,
And the proton it’s supplying
My electron’s eyeing…

ETHANOL
You’d better shape up, ‘cos my oxygen’s
Pulling all the electrons
Out of the bond to my hydrogen -
So it’s just a bare proton -

WATER
Bare proton – all its electrons have gone…

BOTH
We can hydrogen bond!  We can hydrogen bond -
Ooh, ooh, ooh, H-bond!  (repeat…)
Oooh, it’s inter
Molecular!

ETHANOL
If you’re filled with electrons
(Oxygen lone pairs, say)
Donate them in the direction
Of my H…

WATER
I’d better shape up, ‘cos your oxygen’s
Left H feeling positive,
So the lone pairs on my oxygen
To your hydrogen I’ll give

BOTH
And we’ll form a weak bond, and it’s dative!

CHORUS
We can hydrogen bond!  We can hydrogen bond -
Ooh, ooh, ooh, H-bond!  (repeat…)
Oooh, it’s inter
Molecular!