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Does carbon exist as
-
or
11 ?
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unstable When form C +
carbon become energetically unfavourable)
-
atoms it or
↳ electrons other
To reach octet
stability ,
shares with carbon atoms to form
long chains of
covalent
compounds YORGANIC COMPOUNDS !
organic chemistry?
What is
>
that
structure
organic compounds bonding.
-
studies on ,
propertiesa reactions of contain carbon in covalent
↳ be linked bond
C-atoms in a chain can
by a
single ,
double or triple covalent .
↳ also
arranged in
rings.
catenation
What is
?
&
self-linking property of carbon to form
long chains of
compounds
↓ X
straight ringed.
Why is catenation possible
-
small of c-atom
size
tetravalency
bond
high carbon to carbon
energy
.
Lo What is
tetravalency ?
>
-
4
valence
=
HYDROCARBONS :
↳
organic compound containing hydrogen a carbon
↓ Y
Saturated Unsaturated
all carbon-carbon -contain atleast
-
one
bonds double
are
single carbon-carbon or
covalent bonds triple bond
.
↓ ↓ ↓
Alkynes
3
Alkanes Alkenes L
=
C
*
2(
Enten-21 alkanes
-
functional -
c [Han 2) C [CH reactive than
=
more
.
+ n 2n
↓
group
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