Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

The picture shows a close-up of one carbon atom. A hydrogen atom has one proton as the nucleus and one electron in the region outside the nucleus. The electron and proton are attracted to each other.

Carbon, with its myriad compounds, is the backbone of life and the central element of organic chemistry. The number of bonds ...

The \(\delta+\) part of the molecule (the carbon atom) is locked away at the centre and no matter what direction you approach the molecule from you see a \(\delta-\) charge. This means that the ...

A new reagent has moved carbon-atom transfer out of the chemical flatlands, allowing chemists to place a single carbon atom ...