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What property of carbon makes it important for the formation of large molecules?
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∙ 10y ago
it is non-metalic and tetravalent so up to 4 electrons are available to for a covalent bond and that means up to 4 other atoms can attach to the 1st atom through a covalent bond and when that happens you end up with a large and potentially unending structure
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoIt has the ability to form bonds with four other atoms, but that's not unique; silicon can do that too.
The really unique property of carbon is that its bonds with other carbon atoms are not a lot weaker than its bonds with oxygen. The silicon-oxygen bond energy is so much higher than the silicon-silicon bond energy that in nature we pretty much always find silicon bonded to oxygen.
The reason for specifically considering the binding energy for bonds to oxygen atoms is that oxygen is the third most common element in the universe (after hydrogen and helium), so there's a lot of it around and any atom that forms much weaker bonds with itself than with oxygen is going to be found as the oxide, not in large complicated chains.
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∙ 10y agoCarbon's ability to form four covalent bonds, and chains, branched chains, and rings of carbon atoms, enables carbon to form large molecules.
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Carbon dioxide molecules are very important for photosynthesis
Why is covalent bonding an important property of Carbon?
Covalent bonding enables several molecules to share electrons to produce long chains of compounds.
What is catenation of Pb?
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Why almost all food sources are carbon based?
Organic chemistry is the study of carbon based molecules, and those types are excellent for life because they allow for the formation of very large and complex molecules, with a very high number of configurations. Food sources have to be comprised of molecules that can be used by living organisms, and carbon based organic molecules can.
Why are carbon dioxide molecules important for metabolism in living things?
Carbon dioxide molecules are very important for photosynthesis
Why is covalent bonding an important property of Carbon?
Covalent bonding enables several molecules to share electrons to produce long chains of compounds.
What is catenation of Pb?
catenation is the property of carbon that it can join with other carbon atoms to form carbon-carbon bonds. this can result in yhe formation of compounds with long change.
Large carbon molecules are built from smaller simpler molecules called?
The phenomena of formation of large carbon compounds by the addition of small molecules is called polymerization and the molecules are come under macromolecules as they possess molecular weight several to hundred thousands
Why the life on the Earth is carbon based?
One carbon atom can be attached to other carbon atom. By this unique property of carbon, that you can get very large number of molecules. No other atom has got this property. So life without the carbon atom is not possible.
Why almost all food sources are carbon based?
Organic chemistry is the study of carbon based molecules, and those types are excellent for life because they allow for the formation of very large and complex molecules, with a very high number of configurations. Food sources have to be comprised of molecules that can be used by living organisms, and carbon based organic molecules can.
Which important molecule is NOT made from the element carbon?
There are plenty of important molecules not made from carbon! Check out synthetic chemistry from some examples. Carbon is the most important element in organic chemistry.
What are two small molecules that are important to living organisms?
Carbon and hydrogen
What are three organic molecules that are important to life?
The three MOST IMPORTANT organic molecules are Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins.... i believe.. xD
Why can carbon be found in all living organisms?
Carbon has a unique chemistry that enables the formation of many many complex molecules. This chemistry is the basis of life as we know it and therefore carbon is present in all living things.
Explain how the bonding properties of carbon atoms result in the the large variety or carbon-based molecules in living things?
carbon-based molecules have 3 fundamental structures- straight chains, branched chains, and rings. In many carbon-based molecules, small molecules are subunits of an entire molecules. each carbon atom has four unpaired electrons in its outer energy level. therefore carbon atoms can form covalent bonds with up to four other atoms, including other carbon atoms.
What are molecules with carbon?
Molecules that contain the element Carbon are known as organic molecules.
