Bond Length - Bond Lengths of Carbon With Other Elements

Bond Lengths of Carbon With Other Elements

A table with experimental single bonds for carbon to other elements is given below. Bond lengths are given in picometers. By approximation the bond distance between two different atoms is the sum of the individual covalent radii (these are given in the chemical element articles for each element). As a general trend, bond distances decrease across the row in the periodic table and increase down a group. This trend is identical to that of the atomic radius.

Bond distance of carbon to other elements
Bonded element Bond length (pm) Group
H 106 - 112 group 1
Be 193 group 2
Mg 207 group 2
B 156 group 3
Al 224 group 3
In 216 group 3
C 120 - 154 group 4
Si 186 group 4
Sn 214 group 4
Pb 229 group 4
N 147 - 210 group 5
P 187 group 5
As 198 group 5
Sb 220 group 5
Bi 230 group 5
O 143 - 215 group 6
S 181 - 255 group 6
Cr 192 group 6
Se 198 - 271 group 6
Te 205 group 6
Mo 208 group 6
W 206 group 6
F 134 group 7
Cl 176 group 7
Br 193 group 7
I 213 group 7

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