There are some unstable compounds which are formed as transitional compounds of multistep mechanisms, and they are known as carbocations.
no
The carbon to carbon bonding in Diamond is a covalent bonding.
No, carbon bonding is almost entirely covalent bonding between two carbon atoms.
no, because carbon can neither donate or accept electrons , since it has 4 electrons in its outermost shellif it donates the remaining electrons fall into the nucleus as the number of protons is 4 more.And if it accepts nucleus cannot bare 4 more electrons. so it just forms co-valent bond with other atoms which doesnot need to become an ion before bonding.
the bonding of carbon and oxygen to form carbon dioxide, because they are both nonmetals would be a covalent bond
Carbon can form double bonds
carbon isotopes
Bonding Properties
Almost all of the compounds of carbon are formed by covalent bonding. Compounds such as diamond and graphite show strict covalent character in bonding.
Bonding properties
Carbon's special bonding ability allows it to form many different compounds.
With itself. Molecular bonding theory and the bond order show a sigma pi discrepancy ( bonding/anti-bonding ) that disallows this tetra-covalent carbon to carbon interaction. Google this for a fuller explanation.