Identify Which Elements will Form Covalent Bonds with Carbon Carbon Reacts with an Element in the Above table to form Several Compounds Give suitable reason | Bzziii.com

The table shows the electronic structures of four elements.

ElementElectronic Structure
P2,6
Q2,8,1
R2,8,7
S2,8,8
01. Identify which element(s) will form covalent bonds with carbon.
02. “Carbon reacts with an element in the above table to form several compounds.” Give suitable reason.






Covalent bonds are bonds formed by sharing electrons between 2 atoms.

As per the electronic configuration of the given elements,  we can identify them as:

P - Oxygen (O)

Q - Sodium (Na)

R - Chlorine (Cl)

S - Argon (Ar)

Now, we Know that Sodium (Q) is an Alkali Metal that denotes one electron to form ionic compounds.Hence, it does not form covalent bonds with carbon.

Argon (S) is a noble gas. Noble gases  are inert elements that form neither ionic nor covalent bonds.

Oxygen (P) and Chlorine (R) accept electrons to form ionic as well as covalent bonds. Oxyzen bonds with Carbon to form `"CO"_2`, While Chlorine forms `"CCl"_4` 

Thus, the correct answer is P - Oxygen (O) and R - Chlorine (Cl)

Lewis Structure of CCl4
Lewis Structure of CCl4



The component which is alluded here is 'P' Which is really Oxygen (O)

Carbon responds with oxygen to frame various mixtures like

Carbon Monoxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon suboxide


Along these lines, the Different Compounds are conceivable because of 2 properties of Carbon

Tetravalancy - It implies Carbon has 4 Valancy

Catenation - It is the property of Carbon to self consolidate and shape long chains
Lewis Structure of `co_2`


Lewis Structure of co




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