Because it has 4 bonding sites and can either lose 4 electrons or gain 4 electrons which makes it great for compound chains. Everything from this plastic keyboard I'm using to the amino acids in my body have carbon backbones. We're just really lucky it's extremely abundant.
Carbon is important, if not, the most important because all life forms on earth is carbon based, including plants and microorganisms. Your blood, skin, organs and everything else is all based on 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.
carbon
The most important are carbon and oxygen.
Carbon is the most important.
No, most would say Carbon. Oxygen is important of course but carbon is the main organic element
I believe it is Carbon.
Because Carbon is in everything.
Carbon 13 is not an element it is an isotope. Carbon is an element but Carbon 13 is not.
carbon family
carbon , hydrogen , oxygen , sulfur , phosporus and nitrogen
Carbon is an element.
B is the symbol for which element?Boron