Science : Ch 04 – Carbon and its Compounds

It is the element which possess tetravalent property and thus form covalent compound.

Carbon always forms covalent compounds by sharing its electrons with other at atoms.The two electrons shared by the atoms are attracted to the nucleus of both the atoms.

Reaction between an acid and an alcohol results in the formation of ester, and the reaction is named as esterification.

Pencil lead is formed of graphite. Graphite is an allotropic form of carbon in which each carbon atom is joined to three others, forming layers

Cyclobutane is a cyclic hydrocarbon consisting of four carbon atoms where each carbon atom is attached to the two other carbon atoms and two hydrogen atoms.

Catenation is the property of self-linking of an element by which an atom combines with the other atoms of the same element to form long chains

As the compound, CH₃CH₂CH=CH₂ contains four carbon atoms and a double bond attached to the first carbon, so the I.U.P.A.C name of CH₃CH₂CH=CH₂ is But-1-ene.

A cation is formed by loss electrons from the atom of an element which acquires positive charge due to the presence of greater number of protons as compared to that of electrons.