Question

Nature of carbon atom in alkanes

Answer 1

the carbon atom is alkanes are sp3-hybridized and have tetrahedral shape with the bonded atom at angle of 109.5 degree to each other alkanes are non polar molecules since they contain only nonpolar carbon and carbon hydrogen bonds

Answer 2

Answer:

Carbon is versatile in nature as it has the ability to adapt to many functions.

The versatile nature of carbon can be best understood with its features such as tetravalency and catenation.

• Tetravalency:

        With the valency of 4, it's capable of bonding with 4 other atoms.

• Catenation:

        The ability to form bonds is known as Catenation.