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can anyone please tell me that can during covalent bond formation, like in CO, is it not necessary for both atoms to donate same number of electrons?
pteach On 10/06/15, Siddharth wrote: > can anyone please tell me that can during covalent bond > formation, like in CO, is it not necessary for both atoms > to donate same number of electrons?

:-C trip bond O: Carbon has 4 valence electrons and oxygen has 6 for a total of ten so Carbon donates 3 electrons, the exact same number
May 5, 2016


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