This allows carbon to form 4 covalent bonds in organic compounds (tetravalency). 💡 Key Study Tips
Always remember that in organic molecules, carbon is always tetravalent (forms 4 bonds). g.e rudzitis f.g feldman 10 klass stranica 22 uprazhnenie
To understand the bonding, look at the ground state vs. the excited state: 1s22s22p21 s squared 2 s squared 2 p squared (2 unpaired electrons). Excited State ( C*cap C raised to the * power ): 1s22s12p31 s squared 2 s to the first power 2 p cubed (4 unpaired electrons). This allows carbon to form 4 covalent bonds