Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about carbon compounds?
(i) Carbon has the ability to form covalent bonds with other atoms of carbon giving rise to a large number of molecules through a self-linking property.
(ii) Carbon compounds do not show isomerism.
(iii) Carbon compounds are highly unstable compounds.
(iv) Carbon compounds have low melting and boiling points.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about carbon compounds?
(i) Carbon has the ability to form covalent bonds with other atoms of carbon giving rise to a large number of molecules through a self-linking property.
(ii) Carbon compounds do not show isomerism.
(iii) Carbon compounds are highly unstable compounds.
(iv) Carbon compounds have low melting and boiling points.
The correct option is D i and iv
Carbon compounds have low melting and boiling points because of their covalent nature. The stability of carbon compounds is due to the small size of carbon which enables the nucleus to hold on to the shared pair of electrons strongly. Carbon compounds show isomerism, the phenomenon by which two or more compounds have same molecular formula but a different structural formula with the difference in properties. Carbon has the ability to form covalent bonds with other atoms of carbon giving rise to a large number of molecules through a self-linking property. This property is called catenation.
i and iv
Carbon compounds have low melting and boiling points because of their covalent nature. The stability of carbon compounds is due to the small size of carbon which enables the nucleus to hold on to the shared pair of electrons strongly. Carbon compounds show isomerism, the phenomenon by which two or more compounds have same molecular formula but a different structural formula with the difference in properties. Carbon has the ability to form covalent bonds with other atoms of carbon giving rise to a large number of molecules through a self-linking property. This property is called catenation.
