Q. Determine the Uniqueness of Carbon?

Ans.

Carbon forms a very large number of compounds--over 4,000,000. This is far more than the number of compounds of all other elements put together which is less than 100,000. Carbon has this unique property of forming so many compounds because of the following reasons:

Each carbon atom can form four single covalent bonds at a time.

Carbon forms strong single, double and triple covalent bonds with itself.

The above diagram illustrates the carbon bonding that occurs in three compounds which each have two carbon atoms. In the first compound, ethane, the two carbon atoms form a single bond. However, in the compounds ethylene and ethyne, the two carbon atoms form double and triple bonds, respectively.

Carbon forms stable, long C-C chains that are straight, branched, or in the form of "rings:"

Posted Date: 5/1/2013 1:38:54 AM | Location : United States

Ask an Expert

Related Discussions:- Determine the uniqueness of carbon, Assignment Help, Ask Question on Determine the uniqueness of carbon, Get Answer, Expert's Help, Determine the uniqueness of carbon Discussions

Write discussion on Determine the uniqueness of carbon
Your posts are moderated

Write your message here..

Related Questions

Number of unpaired electron, Number of unpaired electrons in  Mn 4+ is: ... Number of unpaired electrons in  Mn 4+ is: (1) 3        (2) 5         (3) 6       (4) 4 Ans: 3

Ph scale, Being simultaneously basic and acidic, water undergoes autoprotol... Being simultaneously basic and acidic, water undergoes autoprotolysis, also called self-ionization: The equilibrium constant is   H3O+ in these equations is gene

Behaviour of gases, What is kinetic molecular theory What is kinetic molecular theory

Which group of elements is called alkaline earth metals, 1st A group becaus... 1st A group because the oxides and hydrides are alkaline in nature.

Movement of an electron.., description about an electron''s movement description about an electron''s movement

Moles, When 100 ml of M/10 H2SO4 is mixed with 500 ml of My/10 NaOH then na... When 100 ml of M/10 H2SO4 is mixed with 500 ml of My/10 NaOH then nature of resulting solution and normality of excess reactant left is

Witt''s theory of colour, what do you mean by the terms chromogen,auxochrom... what do you mean by the terms chromogen,auxochrome,bathochrome and hyposochrome?what role do they play in relation to colour and constitution?

Characteristics of d block elements with their expla, Ask qustion #Minimum ... Ask qustion #Minimum 100 words accepted#

What is banana bond, What is Banana bond? Diborane contains how many banana... What is Banana bond? Diborane contains how many banana bonds Ans) In Diborane B-H-B, bridge, which is produced by the sharing of two electrons, is known as banana bond or Tau bo

Energy of electron of hydrogen atom in second bohr orbit, Energy of electro... Energy of electron of hydrogen atom in second Bohr orbit is: (1)-5.44x10 -19 j                (2)- 5.44x10 -19 kj               (3)-5.44x10 -19 cal