It has four valence electrons.So it can have four bonds.
A carbon atom can form 4 single covalent bonds
A single carbon atom can bond with up to four other atoms.
Four if you consider something like methane CH4. If carbon were to bond with another carbon atom it could form up to 3 bonds (an alkyne).
There may be one double bond or many, up to six in important fatty acids.
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A carbon atom can form 4 single covalent bonds
A single carbon atom can bond with up to four other atoms.
saturated fats
look at the numbermber of valance electrons in a given element then see if you could get it to combine with carbons valence electrons to add up to 8 theres too many compounds to count remember you can have as many atoms in a molicule as you want and carbon combines with itself to equil 8 electrons it has four valence electrons
Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons have only single bonds and all non carbon to carbon bonding sites are taken up by hydrogen ions. The formula for this is Cn-H2n+2
Four if you consider something like methane CH4. If carbon were to bond with another carbon atom it could form up to 3 bonds (an alkyne).
Carbon can form complex molecules because of its ability to form many bonds. Carbon in a neutral species has four single bonds, two double bonds, one triple and one single bond, or one double and two single bonds. Due to this extensive boding, carbon can form large molecules and even chains tens of thousands of atoms long (polymers).
1.) It has four valence electrons, which means that it can bond with up to four other atoms.
Compounds made up of Carbon and hydrogen only, with only single bonds. They are known as alkanes
Carbon can only form bonds with a maximum of 4 other molecules. Carbon can only form bonds with a maximum of 4 other molecules.
Compounds made up of Carbon and hydrogen only, with only single bonds. They are known as alkanes
There may be one double bond or many, up to six in important fatty acids.