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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: IBM on September 11, 2018, 11:06:21 AM
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What is meant by 'Tetravalency of Carbon'?
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It forms 4 covalent bonds.
If it only formed 3 bonds, like phosphorus for example, it would be Trivalent.
(Sorry BH - Cross post)
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What do you think it means? According to the Forum Rules you must give your thoughts before we can help you.
As I know tetra means four and valency means valency electrons. So tetravalency of carbon means that carbon has four valency electrons.
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The number of bonds to a carbon atom under most circumstances is four, and the carbon atom is tetravalent. I would say that the central carbon atom of the tertiary-butyl cation is trivalent or tervalent because there are only three bonds.
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The number of bonds to a carbon atom under most circumstances is four, and the carbon atom is tetravalent. I would say that the central carbon atom of the tertiary-butyl cation is trivalent or tervalent because there are only three bonds.
Could you please provide me with the diagram of 'the tertiary-butyl cation'?
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Could you please provide me with the diagram of 'the tertiary-butyl cation'?
Type 'tertiary-butyl cation' into google.