The intermolecular bond of methanol is hydrogen bonding. Hydrogen bonding is a dipole-dipole interaction that occurs between a hydrogen atom that is bonded to a highly electronegative atom (such as oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine) and another electronegative atom. In the case of methanol, the hydrogen atom of the hydroxyl group is bonded to the highly electronegative oxygen atom, which creates a partial positive charge on the hydrogen atom. This partial positive charge can then interact with the partial negative charge on another oxygen atom in a nearby methanol molecule, forming a hydrogen bond.