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Can someone answer my chemistry question concisely

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-11-23] [Hit: ]
Aluminum is the central atom.There is a double bond to one oxygen and a single bond to the other oxygen.......
aluminum+oxygen

aluminum has 3 electrons to give but oxygen only needs 2, so where does that extra electron go and what kind of charge is it.explain

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Well it simply isnt just Aluminum + oxygen, they have different coeffficients to make it work

Al is +3, whereas Oxygen is -2, so you gotta find the Least common multiple of those which is 6

so 6/3 = 2 and 6/2 = 3, so there are 2 Al for every 3 Oxygen

2x3 + 3x-2 = 0

Al2O3 is your compound

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There are more exotic combinations than Al2O3, like the neutral molecule AlO2, and the anion AlO2^-, which is sometimes called "aluminate" and has a -1 charge. The AlO3^3- anion is also called "aluminate".

There is no "giving" of electrons. The bonds in AlO2 or AlO2^- are covalent. In the AlO2^- anion there is an extra electron giving it the -1 charge. Aluminum is the central atom. There is a double bond to one oxygen and a single bond to the other oxygen.

[O-Al=O]^-

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That's why two aluminum atoms react with three oxygen atoms -- six electrons are given and taken

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if your talking about Aluminium Oxide then there wouldn't be an extra electron because it would form like Al2O3 having three oxygen atoms and two aluminium atoms making the compound neutral
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