Notes-(01)
2. Carbon Bonding in Organic Compounds
However, we would not be able to explain why carbon almost always forms 4 bonds, for example in the following compounds:
Methane \((CH_4)\) | 4 \(C-H\) single bonds |
Ethene \((CH_2=CH_2)\) |
Each carbon atom has o 1 \(C=C\) (double bond) o 2 \(C-H\) single bonds |
Ethyne \((H-C≡C-H)\) |
Each carbon atom has |
Hence we need to introduce the concept of hybridisation to help us account for the bonding issues here