Question

Organic compounds are non-conductors of electricity because they
a) are insoluble in water.
b) do not form ions
c) have low melting point
d) form free radicals.

Answer 1

Hi Shanaya,

● Answer -

Organic compounds are non-conductors of electricity because they do not form ions.

● Explanation -

• Chemical compounds containing chain of carbon atoms covalently bonded to other atoms are called as organic compounds.
• Organic compounds are non-polar & don't form ions.
• Therefore, organic compounds are non-conductors of electricity.

Hope this helped you. Thanks for asking.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer option is b) do not form ions.

Explanation:

Organic compounds are non-conductors of electricity because they do not form ions.

Since organic compounds are non- polar and covalent in nature so they do not ionize themselves to form ions. And as a result of covalent bonding in them, they are  non-conductors of electricity.

In other words, they have very strong bonds and forces which makes it difficult to break the molecules apart.