What are carbon compounds?
Carbon compounds are defined as chemical substances containing carbon. [1] [2] More compounds of carbon exist than any other chemical element except for hydrogen. Organic carbon compounds are far more numerous than inorganic carbon compounds. In general bonds of carbon with other elements are covalent bonds.
What is the bond between carbon and hydrogen?
Jump to navigation Jump to search. The carbon-hydrogen bond ( C–H bond) is a bond between carbon and hydrogen atoms that can be found in many organic compounds. This bond is a covalent bond meaning that carbon shares its outer valence electrons with up to four hydrogens. This completes both of their outer shells making them stable.
What are hydrogen compounds?
Hydrogen compounds include atomic hydrogen (H), which is very short-lived because it combines quickly with O 2 to form the hydroperoxyl radical (HO 2); molecular hydrogen (H 2), which, next to CH 4, is the most abundant reactive trace gas in the troposphere; the hydroxyl radical OH (see Section 5.3.1); the hydroperoxyl radical HO 2; hydrogen