Question

Explain Versatile nature of carbon.

Answer 1

The reasons for the versatile nature of carbon are:

• Carbon can form a single covalent bond (saturated compounds), double and triple covalent bonds (unsaturated compounds) with other atoms. For example, 2 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms can form ethane, ethene and ethylene.
• Carbon has the property to make large molecules. This property is called catenation.
• Carbon has four electrons in its outermost shell. It can lose or gain four electrons to attain a noble gas configuration. So, it can easily combine with four atoms by a single bond. For example, in methane (CH4), carbon is forming a covalent bond with four hydrogen atoms.

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