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(a) Why are most carbon compounds poor conductors of electricity?

(b) Write the name and structure of a saturated compound in which the carbon atoms are arranged in a ring. Give the number of single bonds present in this compound.


(a) Carbon compounds are poor conductors of electricity as-


(i)- Carbon compounds majorly form covalent compounds and


Not ionic compounds


(ii)-as they form covalent compounds, ions are absent as they


Can’t dissociate into ions so they conductivity is poor.


(b) Cyclohexane is saturated compound in which carbon atoms are arranged in a ring.


The structure of cyclohexane is-



The number of single bonds is 18.


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