Chemistry, asked by manishasaha29, 5 days ago

explain me tetravalency of carbon​

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Answered by savioc1053
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The reason for the tetravalency of carbon is 'hybridization' between the 2s and 2p subshells of carbon which lead to 4 hybrid subshells 'sp' and thus 4 empty spaces for electrons to be filled

  • There are 6 electrons in a carbon atom
  • These are arranged into  2,4 into two differnt shells
  • These if specified in quantum numbers would be 1s²,2s²2p²
  • When carbon comes in proximity with other atom which it can form a bond , it hybridizes its 2s and 2p sub shells to form hybrid shells
  • So 4 hybrid sub shells are formed from one 2s subshell and three 2p subshells to form 4 hybrid sp sub shells
  • Therefore carbon now has 4 halfilled subshells which can now form covalent bonds with other atoms
  • This leads to the tetravalency of carbon
Answered by mayanksaha9125
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Answer:

It means it has 4 electrons in the outermost shell. - Carbon obeys the octet rule and forms 4 covalent bonds with other atoms to get a stable electronic configuration. Thus, carbon is tetravalent. DP

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