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    Carbon is unique due to its ability to form covalent bonds with other carbon atoms resulting in long chains, branches and rings. It exists in several allotropes including diamond, graphite and fullerenes. Carbon's valence shell structure allows it to form multiple covalent bonds with hydrogen and other carbon atoms, giving rise to organic compounds with diverse structures essential for life.

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    Carbon is unique due to its ability to form covalent bonds with other carbon atoms resulting in long chains, branches and rings. It exists in several allotropes including diamond, graphite and fullerenes. Carbon's valence shell structure allows it to form multiple covalent bonds with hydrogen and other carbon atoms, giving rise to organic compounds with diverse structures essential for life.

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    STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CARBON

    What are organic compounds?


    a large class of chemical compounds in which one or more atoms of carbon are covalently
    linked to atoms of other elements
    Describe the structural characteristics of Carbon.
    Each of its four hydrogen atoms forms a single covalent bond with the carbon atom by
    sharing a pair of electrons. This results in a filled outermost shell
    What are the 3 fundamental structures of Carbon-based molecules?
    straight chains, branched chains, and rings.
    What is Allotropy? What are the different allotropes of Carbon?
    property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms
    Diamond, graphite and fullerenes
    Why is the Carbon atom unique? List down at least 3 characteristics that attribute to
    the uniqueness of Carbon atom
    they can bond together to form very long, durable chains

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