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It doesn't necessarily "bonds to four other atoms."
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Can an atom with 6 protons and 6 neutrons form chemical bonds with other atoms?
The atom that has 6 protons is carbon, and carbon forms lots of chemical bonds with other atoms.
What determines whether a carbon atom's covalent bonds to other atoms are in a tetrahedral configuration or a planar configuration?
the presence or absence of double bonds between the carbon atom and other atoms
How many bonds can Carbon form with other atoms?
Each carbon atom can covalently bond with as many as four other other atoms. Answer is 4.
What is the shape of a carbon atom as is bonds to four other atoms?
tetrahedral
How many covalent bonds with other atoms is a carbon atom able to work?
Carbon can bond to a maximum of four other atoms.
Can Carbon can form covalent bonds with as many as four other atoms?
A single carbon atom can bond with up to four other atoms.
How many bonding can one alone carbon atom do?
Each carbon atom can make 4 bonds to other atoms, even when 'alone' as in methane (CH4, 4 single bonds) or carbon dioxide (CO2, 2 double bonds).
Why can't there be a quarternary alcohol?
A carbon atom can form a maximum of four bonds with other atoms. A quaternary alcohol would require carbon to form five bonds: four to other carbon atoms and one to the oxygen of the hydroxyl group.
Does one atom of carbon bond with four other atoms?
It can, but not always. In Methane, for example, it is bonded to four atoms of Hydrogen. But in Ethylene, each carbon atom is bonded to two atoms of Hydrogen, and share a double bond with each other. In Acetylene, each carbon atom is bonded to one atom of Hydrogen, and are triple bonded to each other. So while it always has four bonds, the bonds don't have to be made with four different atoms.
What molecular geometry exists when a central carbon atom bonds to four other atoms?
tetrahedral
How many covalent bonds are typically formed by a carbon atom?
4. Carbon obeys the octet rule. In covalent conpounds it has 4 covalent bonds. It can also form ionic compounds (carbides).
How many bonds do the carbon atoms form with each other in C2H2 molecule?
one carbon atom in C2H2 forms four bonds one bond with hydrogen and a triple bond with other carbon.
