So, we all have differences over the meaning of this phrase 'being modern'. And this is one reason why these kinds of words are mostly avoided in public speaking or formal communication to eliminate any possible dispute over the interpretation.
Compounds of carbon are defined as chemical substances containing carbon. More compounds of carbon exist than any other chemical element except for hydrogen. Organic carbon compounds are far more numerous than inorganic carbon compounds. In general bonds of carbon with other elements are covalent bonds. Carbon is tetravalent but carbon free radicals and carbenes occur as short-lived intermediates. Ions of carbon are carbocations and carbanions and are also short-lived.
All organic compounds contain carbon. The outer shell of the carbon atom. contains four electrons. In organic compounds, each carbon atom fills its. outer shell by sharing four pairs of electrons with other atoms. That is, each carbon atom forms four covalent bonds. Some of these bonds may. form between one carbon atom and another. A framework of carbon-to-. carbon bonds forms the basic structure in most organic compounds.