BARRAQUIO, Mardy H.

February 04, 2020

CCJ-2D Prof. Maria Lily Cabaluna

1. What is Carbon?
 Carbon is a chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is
nonmetallic and tetravalent; making four electrons available to form covalent chemical
bonds.

Properties of Carbon?
 The two properties that give rise to carbon to form a large number of compounds are
(1) Catenation the ability to form bonds with other carbon atoms and (2) Tetravalency
due to the 4 valency of carbon, it is capable of bonding with four other atoms.

What makes Carbon unique?

 Carbon is unique because it would be impossible for life on earth to exist without
carbon. Carbon is the main component of sugars, proteins, fats, DNA, muscle tissue,
pretty much everything in your body.

2. Examples of compuonds containing Carbon.

ORGANIC INORGANIC
CARBOHYDRATES CARBON OXIDES
LIPIDS CARBONATES
NUCLEIC ACID OXALATES
PROTEINS CARBON SULFIDES
BENZENE CARBON HALIDES
TOLUENE CARBORANES
SUCROSE
HEPTANE