[IBM]

What is meant by 'Tetravalency of Carbon'?

[Babcock_Hall]

What do you think it means?  According to the Forum Rules you must give your thoughts before we can help you.

[P]

It forms 4 covalent bonds.

If it only formed 3 bonds, like phosphorus for example, it would be Trivalent. 


(Sorry BH - Cross post)

[IBM]

What do you think it means?  According to the Forum Rules you must give your thoughts before we can help you.

As I know tetra means four and valency means valency electrons. So tetravalency of carbon means that carbon has four valency electrons.

[Babcock_Hall]

The number of bonds to a carbon atom under most circumstances is four, and the carbon atom is tetravalent.  I would say that the central carbon atom of the tertiary-butyl cation is trivalent or tervalent because there are only three bonds.

[IBM]

The number of bonds to a carbon atom under most circumstances is four, and the carbon atom is tetravalent.  I would say that the central carbon atom of the tertiary-butyl cation is trivalent or tervalent because there are only three bonds.

Could you please provide me with the diagram of 'the tertiary-butyl cation'?

[P]

Could you please provide me with the diagram of 'the tertiary-butyl cation'?

Type 'tertiary-butyl cation' into google.