chapter 4 carbon and its compound dec 2015 | Page 13

CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS IN BRIEF
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Carbon is a versatile non-metal.

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Carbon atom like atoms of other non-metals like oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen
and chlorine shares electrons.

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Carbon forms large number of compounds due to catenation and tetravalency.

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Carbon can form single, double and triple covalent bonds.

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The compounds of hydrogen and carbon are called hydrocarbons, which can
be saturated or unsaturated.

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Structurally hydrocarbons can have straight chain, branches or cyclic structure.

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Difference in Structural arrangement of same molecule gives rise to isomerism.

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In a hydrocarbon, a heteroatom can replace the hydroge