Why does carbon form compounds mainly by covalent bonding?

Answer 1

(a) the atomic no. of carbon is 6 which means that a nutral atom of carbon contains 6 electrons .so, the electronic confugration of carbon is 2 nd 4

since a corbon atom has 4 electrons in tis outermost cell ,so it should either lose 4 electrons or gain 4 electrons to achieve the inert gas electron configuration and become stable,its not possible to remove 4 electrons from a carbon atom,its not possible to add as many as 4 electrons to a carbon atom,,therefore carbon atoms can achieve the inert gas electron arrangment only by the sharing of electrons,tthere fore ,carbon alwayz forms covalent bonds,,.

Answer 2

Carbon has 4 valence electrons. If it has to form ionic compound, carbon should either lose 4 electrons or gain 4 electrons, both of which are difficult. Hence it prefers to form covalent bond by the sharing of electrons.

Answer 3

Carbon forms compounds mainly by covalent bonding because it has four valence electrons, allowing it to share electrons with other atoms to achieve a stable electron configuration. This results in the formation of strong and stable covalent bonds, making carbon versatile in forming a wide variety of compounds.