But don't assume it would like to stay this way. Far from it. The electrons on that oxygen will shift back down to the carbon, reforming the carbon-oxygen double bond. Of course, we know that the carbon can't share ten electrons, so it has to get rid of two. The two electrons to get the boot are the pair the carbon has been sharing with one of the chlorine atoms. So the chlorine and its electrons get kicked out of the molecule. The molecule we're left with is called a chloroformate. As for the chloride ion that got kicked out, it will team up with that sodium ion that's been hanging around quietly during all the commotion, to form NaCl.