General Organic Chemistry question
Asked by Rohan Mehra | 12th May, 2011, 07:44: PM
Expert Answer:
Apparently the C2 molecule has been studied. It has been made, and its
fleeting existence has been investigated, probably spectroscopically.
It has a bond energy of 620 kJ/mol and a bond length of 1.31A, These
values are close to 614 kJ/mol and 1.34A, the average values found for a
C=C double bond in organic compounds.
In the C2 molecule each carbon
makes only two bonds. This is probably the reason that C2 is
not "stable"; the other forms of carbon: diamond, graphite, charcoal,
C60, nanotubes, etc. in which carbon makes four bonds are more stable. C2
molecules spontaneously hooks up with other C2 molecules to form one of
these more stabe forms of carbon.
Apparently the C2 molecule has been studied. It has been made, and its
fleeting existence has been investigated, probably spectroscopically.
It has a bond energy of 620 kJ/mol and a bond length of 1.31A, These
values are close to 614 kJ/mol and 1.34A, the average values found for a
C=C double bond in organic compounds.
In the C2 molecule each carbon
makes only two bonds. This is probably the reason that C2 is
not "stable"; the other forms of carbon: diamond, graphite, charcoal,
C60, nanotubes, etc. in which carbon makes four bonds are more stable. C2
molecules spontaneously hooks up with other C2 molecules to form one of
these more stabe forms of carbon.
Answered by | 13th May, 2011, 09:22: AM
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