Question

What are the reasons for the existence of significant number of carbon compounds in organic chemistry?

• A. Catenation property of carbon
• B. Tetravalency of carbon
• C. Tendency to form bond with non-metals
• D. None of the above.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

Tendency to form bond with non-metals

The cause of the existence of very large number of carbon compound are as follows:
$\Rightarrow$ Carbon is normally tetravalent, meaning it makes four bonds to other atoms.
$\Rightarrow$ Mostly all organic compounds are made of carbon. Carbon exhibit property of catenation which means that they are able to from long chains by bonding with other carbon atoms.
$\Rightarrow$ Carbon has a tendency to form bonds with other non-metal elements (mostly with O, N).