organic compounds

• a compound that contains one or more carbons in a carbon chain
• carbon makes four covalent bonds so it forms many compounds, which are called organic compounds
• methane has the formula CH4, each carbon atom bonds covalentely with four hydrogen atoms
• these four bonds mean that methane is not a flat molecule. it has a tetrahedral structure, this is because the bones are as separated from each other as possible, negative electron pairs repel each other, with each bond angle being 109.5