Oxygen in most of its compounds is assigned an oxidation number of:

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A. Minus two

1. Oxygen usually pulls electrons towards itself.
2. It normally gains a share of two of them.
3. So its oxidation number is minus two.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry 2e, Chapter 4, Stoichiometry of Chemical Reactions._

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Minus one

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Minus four

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Minus five

Oxygen in most of its compounds is assigned an oxidation number of:

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