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Therefore on both counts, beryllium holds onto its electrons more strongly than lithium. The end result is that whereas lithium can form ionic bonds, beryllium cannot. What actually happens when beryllium tries to bond with a nonmetal? Naively, you might postulate that beryllium and chlorine would form the ionic compound BeCl2. Usually, chlorine (a very electronegative element) would pull the valence electrons of a metal so strongly toward it that the electrons would effectively transfer from the metal to chlorine; the resulting cation and anion would form an ionic compound.
TYPES OF COMPOUNDS. Ionic compounds are compounds composed of ions, charged particles that form when an atom. (or group of atoms) gains or loses electrons. (A cation is a positively charged ion; an anion is a. negatively charged ion.) Covalent ormolecular compounds form when elementsshare. electrons in a covalent bond to form molecules. Molecular compounds are elec trically neutral. Metal + Nonmetal ï£§â ionic compound (usually)