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(i) Write the name of the following comp...

(i) Write the name of the following compounds :
(a) HCOOH (b) `CH_(3)COCH_(2)CH_(3)`.
(ii) Explain why carbon generally forms compounds by covalent bonds.

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(i) (a) Methanoic acid, (b) Butanone.
(ii) Carbon generally forms compounds by covalent bonds because carbon can neither donate nor accept four electrons for completing its octet. So, it shares its four electrons with other atorns forming covalent bonds.
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