Question

Explain why carbon generaly forms compound by covalent bonds?

Answer 1

Carbon has 4 electrons in its outermost orbit .
Covalent bond requires donation of one electron .
Carbon has exactly 4 bonds to make and it shares 4 electrons to satisfy octet rule and remains stable .
Hence carbon generally forms compounds by covalent bond . ✌

Answer 2

Answer :

The reasons why carbon generally forms compound by covalent bond :

• Carbon is tetravalent.
• It has 4 electrons in valence shell.
• To attain stable configuration it needs four more electrons.
• Hence, it shares four electrons.

Characters of Carbon compounds -

• The melting point and the boiling point of carbon compounds are very low.
• The reason for the low boiling point and melting point is the less force of attraction between the molecules of compounds.
• The four valencies of carbon do not lie in a plane and a directed in four corners of regular tetrahedron.

Covalent Bonds -

• It is the chemical bond formed between two atoms by mutual sharing of valence electrons.
• This is done to attain stable electronic configuration.
• The number of electrons contributed by each atom for sharing is known as its covalency.
• The compounds formed by sharing the electrons are called covalent compounds.