another urgent multiple choice question!!!!?

Question

in forming chemical bonds, atoms tend to attain:
a. higher state of energy
b. electron configuration of noble gas
c. electron configuration of halogen
d. all of the above

Answer 1

B

The purpose of all chemical bonds is to make the participarting elements more stable than when they are alone. The most stable state they can enter is when they electronically look like a noble gas.

Answer 2

B