Carbon Chemistry

Question 1

What is carbon?

Answer 1

the basis / backbone of all organic chemistry

Question 2

How many protons and electrons does carob have?

Answer 2

6 so its structure will be 1s2, 2s2, 2p2

Question 3

How many orbitals are available for electron pairing?

Answer 3

2

Question 4

What happens when carbon starts bonding, or is bonded?

Answer 4

it goes through hybridisation

a s electron from 2s is given / promoted to the p orbital (sp hybridisation)

carbon forms a new structure = 1s2 2s1 2p3

carbon makes 4 covalent bonds

Question 5

What kind of bonds can carbon form?

Answer 5

single covalent bonds - known as sigma bonds

also double bonds and triple bonds

Question 6

Where can sigma bonds form between?

Answer 6

s-s orbitals - two circles

s-p orbitals - circle and 8

p-p orbitals - 9 and 9

Question 7

Are sigma bonds strong or weak and why?

Answer 7

very strong

orbitals overlap directly between two nuclei

have free rotains - actoms spin