4.2.1 Saturated and Unsaturated Carbon Compounds
Chapter 4: Carbon and its Compounds · SCIENCE · EN medium
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We have already seen the structure of methane. Another compound formed between carbon and hydrogen is ethane with a formula of C H . In order to arrive at the structure of simple carbon compounds, the first step is to link the carbon atoms together with a single bond (Fig. .6a) and then use the hydrogen atoms to satisfy the remaining valencies of carbon (Fig. .6b). For example, the structure of ethane is arrived in the following steps –
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We have already seen the structure of methane. Another compound formed between carbon and hydrogen is ethane with a formula of C H . In order to arrive at the structure of simple carbon compounds, the first step is to link the carbon atoms together with a single bond (Fig. .6a) and then use the hydrogen atoms to satisfy the remaining valencies of carbon (Fig.
.6b). For example, the structure of ethane is arrived in the following steps –
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