Chapter 2 Representative Carbon Compounds 2.1 Carbon-Carbon Covalent bonds 1) Carbons ability to form as many as four strong bonds to other carbon atoms and to form strong bonds to hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorous 2)Carbon can make the vast number of different molecules Required for complex living organismsChapter 2 Representative Carbon Compounds 2.1 Carbon-Carbon Covalent Bonds 1) Carbon’s ability to form as many as four strong bonds to other carbon atoms and to form strong bonds to hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorous. 2) Carbon can make the vast number of different molecules Required for complex living organisms