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Because C has 4 unpaired electrons, it has the most amount of possible bonds. This means that it would be in the center of compounds. HH is on the outside because it has the fewest, one.
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What do carbons special bonding ability allow carbon to do?
Carbon's special bonding ability allows it to form many different compounds.
What about the carbon atom makes it an ideal atom to form the backbone or skelton for most biological compounds?
Carbon atoms can bond together to form single, double, and triple bonds, long chains, branched chains, and rings, which enables carbon to form so many different compounds with hydrogen, oxygen, and other atoms like phosphorus, nitrogen, and sulfur.
How are elements and compounds connected?
Compounds are made up of two different kinds of elements. An example: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is made up of the elements Carbon and Oxygen.
What is the definition of Organic Compounds?
organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen. the inoganic compounds dont
What are two compounds that have the same elements but different ratios?
Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide. Bothe are made of carbon and oxygen, but different ratios of oxygen. Water and Hydrogen peroxide are another pair .
What features of the element carbon allow it to form the backbone of such a varied array of different compounds?
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What do carbons special bonding ability allow carbon to do?
Carbon's special bonding ability allows it to form many different compounds.
What characteristic of carbon atoms allows the formation of all of these compounds?
Carbon has four electrons in its valence shell (outershell). Since this energy shell can hold eight electrons, each carbon atom can share electrons with up to four different atoms. Carbon can combine with other elements as well as with itself. This allows carbon to form many different compounds.
What characteristic of carbon atoms allows the formations of compounds?
Carbon can atoms can form four covalent bonds with many, many different elements.
What atom apart from carbon can an organic compound contain?
Organic compounds can contain any element, as long as they bond on the sides of the carbon backbone of the molecule.
Why is carbon is particularly important for the existence of life on earth?
because it is the base (or backbone) of hydrocarbons and other organic compounds .
CAN carbon compounds have the same molecular formula but different arrangements of atoms?
Yes, this is very common in carbon compounds.
What are different organic compounds?
Carbon hydrogen and
Are carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide compounds?
Yes but they are different copounds.
What is different between organic and inorganic compounds?
Basically, organic compounds have carbon. Inorganic do not.
How is inorganic different from organic?
All organic compounds contain carbon; most inorganic compounds doesn't contain carbon.
What characteristic of carbon atoms allows the formation of all these compounds?
Carbon has four electrons in its valence shell (outershell). Since this energy shell can hold eight electrons, each carbon atom can share electrons with up to four different atoms. Carbon can combine with other elements as well as with itself. This allows carbon to form many different compounds.
