Unlocking The Secrets: Covalent Bonding Capacity Of Carbon Atoms
Carbon’s exceptional ability to form covalent bonds is attributed to its tetravalency, meaning it possesses four valence electrons. The carbon atom hybridizes its valence orbitals to form four hybrid orbitals, each with one unpaired electron. These hybrid orbitals can overlap with valence orbitals of other atoms, forming four covalent bonds. The type of hybridisation (sp3,…