How would a variety of organic compounds be different if carbon had seven electrons in its outermost energy level instead of four

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Alexzander Rhodes

25 December, 02:25

How would a variety of organic compounds be different if carbon had seven electrons in its outermost energy level instead of four

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Hanna Bridges · Answer 1

The variety would be less, this is because if carbon had seven electrons then it wouldn't be able to bond with as many different atoms at the same time.