Question:
Why is Oxygen said highly electro-negative in the example shown for Polar covalent compound
Answer:
Electronegativity of an atom is defined as power of atom to attract electrons towards it in covalent bond.
The bond between carbon and oxygen is also a polar covalent bond because oxygen is more elctronegative than carbon.
As oxygen attracts the shared paired electrons.
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