How many valence electron does oxygen contain? How many electrons will it share with another oxygen atom?

Valence electron of oxygen is 4 and each oxygen atom will share only 2 valence electrons to make a bond with another oxygen.

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Valence electron of oxygen is 4 and each oxygen atom will share only 1 valence electron to make a bond with another oxygen atom.

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Valence electron of oxygen is 6 and each oxygen atom will share 4 valence electrons to make a double bond with another oxygen atom.

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Valence electron of oxygen is 6 and each oxygen atom will share 2 valence electrons to make a bond.

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Solution

The correct option is C
Valence electron of oxygen is 6 and each oxygen atom will share 4 valence electrons to make a double bond with another oxygen atom.

Valence electron of oxygen is 6 and in order to attain octet configuration (i.e.8 valence electron), it needs to share 2 more electrons. i.e. each oxygen atom will share 2 electrons.

Thus, a total number of electrons shared is 4 and unshared electrons are 4 and thus attains octet configuration.

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