Carbon has property of forming chains and bonds. It was believed that carbon compounds can be obtained from nature only until the discovery of urea by Friedrich Wöhler in 1828.
Urea or carbamide is an organic compound. Its chemical formula is CO(NH2)2.
Allotrope
Allotrope are compounds with same element structure but different chemical and physical properties.
Allotrope of carbon compounds
Allotropic nature of carbon compounds can be found in black coke, graphite, diamond and fullerene (Bucky ball). The carbon compounds can be bonded differently in these carbon allotrope.
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