Question
The fact that oxygen is an atom that is strongly electronegative means that __________.
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the bond formed will always be ionic since there is unequal sharing
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it more strongly pulls shared electrons toward itself when forming a covalent bond with a less electronegative atom
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the bond formed will be a nonpolar covalent bond
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the less electronegative atom will pull the electrons more strongly than oxygen will
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it equally pulls shared electrons toward itself when forming a covalent bond with a less electronegative atom
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the bond formed will always be ionic since there is unequal sharing
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it more strongly pulls shared electrons toward itself when forming a covalent bond with a less electronegative atom
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the bond formed will be a nonpolar covalent bond
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the less electronegative atom will pull the electrons more strongly than oxygen will
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it equally pulls shared electrons toward itself when forming a covalent bond with a less electronegative atom
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GPT-4o mini
The correct answer is:
**it more strongly pulls shared electrons toward itself when forming a covalent bond with a less electronegative atom.**
This is because electronegativity is a measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons. In the case of oxygen, being strongly electronegative means that it will have a greater attraction for the electrons shared in a covalent bond compared to a less electronegative atom.
**it more strongly pulls shared electrons toward itself when forming a covalent bond with a less electronegative atom.**
This is because electronegativity is a measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons. In the case of oxygen, being strongly electronegative means that it will have a greater attraction for the electrons shared in a covalent bond compared to a less electronegative atom.