Assertion: The covalency of carbon is four in excited state

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · AP · Chemistry · Compound Structure and Properties · Compound Structure and Properties

Problem

Assertion: The covalency of carbon is four in excited state. Reason: The four half-filled pure orbitals of carbon form same kind of bonds with an atom as those are with hybridised orbitals.

Related theory

Covalent Bonding
Hybridisation
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Valence Bond Theory

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