Question

why carbon compounds are covalent in nature ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

the tetravalent element which posseses great tendancy to form covalentbonds. As Carbon is tetravalent, it neither posseses a tendancy to gain 4 electrons no to loose four electrons and therefore it forms covalent compounds by sharing electrons.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

The atomic no. of carbon is 6 which means that a nutral atom of carbon contains 6 electrons .so, the electronic confugration of carbon is 2 nd 4

since a corbon atom has 4 electrons in tis outermost cell ,so it should either lose 4 electrons or gain 4 electrons to achieve the inert gas electron configuration and become stable,its not possible to remove 4 electrons from a carbon atom,its not possible to add as many as 4 electrons to a carbon atom,,therefore carbon atoms can achieve the inert gas electron arrangment only by the sharing of electrons,tthere fore ,carbon alwayz forms covalent bonds.