Question

Can one atom in this type of reaction win the "tug of war"? What might happen if it did?

Answer 1

I'm assuming that when you mean "tug of war," you're referring to the pulling of electrons from both atoms in a chemical reaction.

Essentially, yes. If one atom is more strong (the real term is "more electronegative") than the other, it will be able to successfully pull the electron pair entirely from the other atom.

When this happens, one atom will become positive, and the other negative. Because of these opposite charges, the two atoms will attract towards each other, thus forming what is known as an "ionic bond."

-T.B.

Answer 2

The reason and what will happen if one atom in the given type of covalent bond reaction can win the tug of war is explained below.

      In chemistry, tug of war is usually used in polar covalent bond. Polar covalent bond is the bond that occurs as a result of unequal sharing of electrons between 2 atoms.

    Now, the reason why polar covalent bond is referred to as tug of war is because in tug of war games, the person that is the strongest usually wins. Likewise in polar covalent bonds, between the 2 sharing atoms, the atom that has higher electronegativity will have a stronger pull for electrons and as a result of this, it will have the shared electrons closer to it.

     Therefore, the molecule of the atom with higher electronegativity will become  negative because it has drawn the electrons closer to itself while the molecule of the atom that has the lesser electronegativity will become positive.

      In conclusion, Yes one atom in polar covalent bond reaction can win the ''tug of war''.

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