ü Organic Chemistry: Study of specific Carbon compounds.
ü Hydrocarbons: The compounds
containing Carbon and Hydrogen only.
Unique Nature of Carbon:
æ Tetra valency of Carbon: Since
carbon has 4 valence electrons it forms 4 covalent bonds. Hence it exhibits
tetra valency.
æ Catenation:
The tendency of an element to form long chains of identical atoms.
æ Isomerism: Tetra valency and
Catenation of Carbon atom result in the formation of isomers – The compounds
having same molecular formula but different structural formula.
æ Catenation
and tetra valency of Carbon also result in the formation of
Single bond
Double bond
Triple bond
So
Carbon can form millions of compounds hence Carbon compounds are studied under
a separate branch of chemistry – Organic chemistry.
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