DEAR MA'AM, IN THE EXAMPLE OF CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) WHICH YOU GAVE TO EXPLAIN THE LEWIS STRUCTURE, WON'T THE - Chemistry - Chemical Bonding

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DEAR MA'AM,

IN THE EXAMPLE OF CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) WHICH YOU GAVE TO EXPLAIN
THE LEWIS STRUCTURE, WON'T THE OXYGEN ATOM BEING MORE
ELECTRONEGATIVE THAN CARBON, WILL ATTRACT AN ELECTRON FROM THE
CARBON ATOM TO MAKE A LONE PAIR RATHER GIVING AN ELECTRON TO IT

Vartika Jain · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,

Electronegativity means the tendency of an atom to attract a shared
pair of electrons towards it Oxygen is more electronegative than
Carbon, this means that the shared pair of electron between Carbon
and Oxygen will be more towards oxygen and nothing more

DEAR MA'AM, IN THE EXAMPLE OF CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) WHICH YOU GAVE TO EXPLAIN THE LEWIS STRUCTURE, WON'T THE OXYGEN ATOM BEING MORE ELECTRONEGATIVE THAN CARBON, WILL ATTRACT AN ELECTRON FROM THE CARBON ATOM TO MAKE A LONE PAIR RATHER GIVING AN ELECTRON TO IT.

DEAR MA'AM,

IN THE EXAMPLE OF CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) WHICH YOU GAVE TO EXPLAIN THE LEWIS STRUCTURE, WON'T THE OXYGEN ATOM BEING MORE ELECTRONEGATIVE THAN CARBON, WILL ATTRACT AN ELECTRON FROM THE CARBON ATOM TO MAKE A LONE PAIR RATHER GIVING AN ELECTRON TO IT.