Question

Why are most carbon compounds poor conductors of electricity? Write the name and structure of a saturated compound in which the carbon atoms are arranged in a ring. Give the number of single bonds present in this compound.

Answer 1

a) Most of the carbon compound are covalent in nature and all of the electrons participates in bond formation as such there is no free electrons left to conduct electricity. Moreover carbon compound doesn't readily dissociates to form ions, which conduct electricity. Hence carbon compound are poor conductor of electricity.

b) Carbon forms a lot of singed or cyclic compounds with saturated bonds.

Example - Cyclophane, Cyclobotane, Cyclopentane, Cyclohexane [Ref. image]

Cyclophane	Cyclobutane	Cyclo-pentane	Cyclo-hexane
3-carbon atom	4-carbon atom	5-carbon atom	6-carbon atom
Cyclic compound	Cyclic compound	Cyclic compound	Cyclic compound
Number of single bond in this compound is 9	Number of single bond in this compound is 12	Number of single bond in this compound is 15	Number of single bond in this compound is 18
$3\to C-C$ single bond	$4\to C-C$ single bond	$5\to C-C$ single bond	$6\to C-C$ single bond
$6\to C-H$ single bond	$8\to C-H$ single bond	$10\to C-H$ single bond	$12\to C-H$ single bond