Ion C^- (Minus one)

Symbol	C-
Number	6
Atomic weight	12.0096000
Latin name	Carboneum
English name	Carbon

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Electronic configuration of of Carbon

C: 1s² 2s² 2p² → C^-:1s²2s²2p³

Same electronic configuration has an ion of Carbon -1 and N, O⁺¹

The order of filling the shells with electrons of Carbon (C^-): 1s → 2s → 2p → 3s → 3p → 4s → 3d → 4p → 5s → 4d → 5p → 6s → 4f → 5d → 6p → 7s → 5f → 6d → 7p.

On the sub level ‘s’ there might be 2 electrons at most, on ‘p’ - up to 6, on ‘d’ - up to 10 and up to 14 on ‘f’

Carbon has 6 electrons, let's fill electronic layers in described order:

2 electrons on 1s-sub level

2 electrons on 2s-sub level

3 electrons on 2p-sub level

Oxidation state of Carbon

Atoms of Carbon in compounds have an oxidation state of 4, 3, 2, 1, -1, -2, -4.

The oxidation state is the conditional charge of an atom in a compound: the bond in a molecule between atoms is based on the sharing of electrons, thus, if the atom’s charge virtually increases, then the oxidation state is negative (electrons carry a negative charge), if the charge decreases, then the oxidation state is positive.

Oxidation state of an ion C^- = -1

Ions of Carbon

Valence of C^-

Atoms of Carbon in compounds have valence IV, III, II, I.

Valence of Carbon is an ability of an atom C to build chemical bounds. The valence is based on electronic configuration of atom: electrons participated in chemical bounds are known as valence electrons. In general the valence is:

The number of possible chemical bounds with other atoms

The valence has no sign.

Quantum numbers C ^1-

Quantum numbers are defined by the last electron in configuration, for an ion C these numbers are N = 2, L = 1, M_l = 1, M_s = +½

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