A chemist is designing a synthetic route for a new drug and must select a carbon compound as the starting material. Which property of carbon enables it to form various types of organic molecules suitable for this task?

Subject: General Awareness | Topic: Science | Difficulty: MEDIUM

Options

1. (A) Carbon's ability to strongly attract electrons
2. (B) Carbon's ability to easily give up electrons
3. (C) Carbon's ability to form four strong covalent bonds
4. (D) Carbon's ability to form double bonds with oxygen

Verified Answer

Option (C): Carbon's ability to form four strong covalent bonds

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