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Hydrogen

Question
CBSEENCH11006943

How many hydrogen - bonded water molecule(s) are associated in CuSO4.5H2O? 

Solution

Only one molecule of water, which is outside the bracket (coordinate sphere), is hydrogen bonded. The other four molecules of water are coordinated.
open square brackets Cu left parenthesis straight H subscript 2 straight O right parenthesis subscript 4 close square brackets to the power of 2 plus end exponent space SO subscript 4 superscript 2 minus end superscript. space straight H subscript 2 straight O.