What carbon doesn't form ionic compounds

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Preeti Dabral 3 years, 1 month ago
The electronic configuration of carbon atom is 1s2 2s2 2px1 2py1 . Carbon has four valence electrons.
In order to form ionic compound, it has to either lose four electrons or gain four electrons.
To gain or lose four electrons, very high energy is required.
So, carbon does not form ionic compounds.
It can accommodate four pairs of electrons around it. So, It completes octet by sharing of electrons and forms covalent compounds.
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