The electronegativity values of C,N,O and F on Pauling scale:
A
Decrease from carbon to fluorine.
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B
Increase from carbon to fluorine.
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C
Increase upto oxygen and then decrease upto fluorine.
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D
Decrease from carbon to nitrogen and then increase continyously.
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Solution
The correct option is B Increase from carbon to fluorine. Electronegativity is a measure of an atom's ability to attract shared electrons to itself. On the periodic table, electronegativity generally increases as you move from left to right across a period due to increase in effective nuclear charge. Therefore, electronegativity increases from carbon to fluorine.