Chemistry-10th Carbon and its Compounds CBSE Board 2025 Medium
(i) Give reason why carbon can neither form \text{C}^{4+} cations nor \text{C}^{4-} anions but forms covalent…
- (i)Give reason why carbon can neither form cations nor anions but forms covalent compounds.
- (ii)What is a homologous series of carbon compounds ? Write the molecular formula of any two consecutive members of a homologous series of aldehydes.
- (iii)Write the number of (1) single covalent bonds and (2) double covalent bonds in a molecule of benzene.
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