Question

what is the valency of carbon in CH4​

Answer 1

Answer:

The valency of carbon in CH4 is 4

Additional information:-

• Hydrogen has its valency 1 and carbon being tetravalent needs four valence electrons to acquire noble gas configuration, where it shares its 4 electrons with four hydrogen atoms. Therefore, the valency of carbon atoms in methane is 4.
• It is also called methane
• The only intermolecular forces in methane are London dispersion forces. The major intermolecular forces would be dipole-dipole forces and London dispersion forces. The electronegativities of C and H are so close that C-H bonds are nonpolar. There are no bond dipoles and no dipole-dipole interactions.
• four electron pairs are distributed in a tetrahedral shape. If these are all bond pairs the molecular geometry is tetrahedral