Question

Ravi read the formation of covalent bonds and came to know the property of carbon. Carbon has four valence electrons. It cannot lose four electrons since very high amount of energy will be required to lose four electrons to form C4+ Carbon cannot gain four electrons to form C" ion as six protons cannot hold 10 electrons easily and there will be strong interelectronic repulsion (i) What is the atomic number and electronic configuration of carbon? (ii) Explain how covalent bonding is important between carbon compounds. Give any two suggestions wha

Answer 1

hi..

(i)
atomic no. of C is 6
electronic configuration = 2 , 4


(ii)
▪Covalent bonding between carbon atoms help in formation of long chains that lead to complex organic molecules that are important for sustaining life. 

▪Covalent bond is basically a strong bond comparatively, hydrocarbons are formed by the bonding of C and H atoms, in concept of Benzene, etc, 



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