Question

Not including hydrogen or helium which element would you expect to bond covalently with an oxygen atom to form a two-atom molecule?

Answer 1

any element in the period of alkile earth metal cuz O has a valence electron of 6 and the alkile earth metals have V.E. of 2 which completes the octet rule...making it covalently bond to form a 2 atom molecule ex: Lewis structure Be:O