the oxygen you breathe is made up of two oxygen atoms bound together why is oxygen molecule but not componud

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Having more than one atom in its molecule doesn't make
a substance a compound. It's only a compound if it has
atoms of different elements in its molecule.

Both atoms in an Oxygen molecule are the same element ... Oxygen.

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