Question

When very electronegative atoms, like oxygen, bond to atoms with lower electronegativity, like lithium, what's the result?

Answer 1

(A) The oxygen atom becomes strongly negative.

Explanation:

When a very electronegative atom like oxygen bonds to an atom with a lower electronegativity, like lithium, the oxygen atom becomes strongly negative and the lithium becomes strongly positive.

The attraction between these oppositely charged ions results in the formation ionic bond.

• An ionic bond is an interatomic bond in which a highly electronegative atom is bonded to less electronegative one.
• The electronegative nature of the oxgyen allows is to gain the electrons lost by weakly electronegative lthium.
• Most metals have low electronegativity.
• They then both will form ions.
• The attraction between the oppositely charged ions results in an ionic/electrovalent bonding.

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