Question

carbon has four electrons in its valence shell. which type of compound can be formed by carbon atom and why?

Answer 1

it form covalent compound because carbon is a non metal and non metal react with non metal to form covalent compound.

like CCl4

Answer 2

covelent compounds can be formed because it has four electrons in its outermost shell.

it has to loose or gain four electrons to gain the nearest noble gas configuration.

if it gains four electrons so it would be difficult for its six proton to have ten electrons.

and to loose four electrons it would require lot of energy.

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