<P> Bromine water is a highly oxidizing intense yellow to red mixture containing diatomic bromine (Br) dissolved in water (H O). It is often used as a reactive in chemical assays of recognition for substances which react with bromine in an aqueous environment with the halogenation mechanism . The most common compounds that react well with bromine water are phenols, alkenes, enols, the acetyl group, aniline, and glucose . In addition, bromine water is commonly used to test for the presence of an alkene which contains a double covalent bond which reacts with the bromine water which changes its color from an intense yellow to a colorless solution . Bromine water is also commonly used to check for the presence of an aldehyde group in compounds . In this reaction as well the color of bromine water is changed to colorless from yellow (oxidation process). </P>

What type of intermolecular forces are present in bromine liquid and in bromine-water solution