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Consider a bond between boron and oxygen. Which atom would you expect to bear the partial negative charge?

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Oxygen is more electronegative than boron. It has more tendency to attract a electron pair while boron is electropositive that means it has more tendency to lose an electron so when there will be a bond between boron and oxygen than boron carries the partial positive charge while oxygen carries the partial negative charge.

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