Question

why are most carbon compounds poor conductor of electricity? ?

Answer 1

because most of them are Made up of covalent bonds by sharing of electrons and no ions are present,hence no conduct electricity
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Answer 2

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Atoms of carbon do not have free electrons in the conduction band. Therefore they do not conduct well at room temperature. If the temperature is increased, more electrons acquire energy and start contributing to conduction.