Is carbon and oxygen ionic or covalent?

Answer 1

Carbon is a metalloid

ie

element having properties neither as a pure metal nor as a pure non metal. Ionic or electrovalent

bonds are formed by elements with valency less than 3 or 5-7. So carbon forms covalent bonds satisfying its need for 4 more electrons. As an example take a molecule of methane that is CH4. C has electronic configuration :-2 4 ,so to complete its octet it needs 4 electrons more. This is achieved by sharing 4 electrons of hydrogen by overlapping with its orbitals. This sharing of valence pair of electrons results in the formation of a covalent bond.

Under certain circumstances but rarely, carbon will form ionic bonds as a carbide.

CaC

2 exists as does Al4C3

Answer 2

Covalent, due to it being chemically active

Answer 3

Covalent bonds are the main type (virtually the only type) of bonds found in organic chemistry, and there are far more organic compounds than inorganic compounds.

Answer 4

Because it has half the number of electrons required for it to be stable(8) thus rather than loosing all the four it opts in sharing them hence settling for covalent bond.

Answer 5

Carbon and oxygen are both non-metals, therefore the bond between them in a compound would be covalent. Electrons are shared in a covalent bond.

Answer 6

covalent compound