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At the end of this activity, students should be able to: – explain why carbon has a unique ability to form so many compounds – describe the importance of carbon compounds to life on Earth – discuss the differences between organic and inorganic chemistry – describe the general types of carbon–carbon bond – explain how bonding affects the shape of organic molecules – derive the empirical formula of an organic compound from experimental data – define and use empirical, molecular and general formulae as well as various types of structural formula.
