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Carbon generally form four covalent bonds.So this leaves two covalent bonds for oxygen, exactly enough for the stable oxygen bonding with one double bond.

'-' is single, '=' is double:

C(-H)(-Cl)(=O) which is named 'chloromethanal'

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Q: How many covalent bonds would a carbon atom have to form with oxygen to be stable if it already has a single bond with hydrogen and one chlorine?
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