The structural formula of carbon is as shown below. Carbon is a nonmetallic and tetravalent compound that can accommodate 4 electrons to form a covalent bond. It has the capacity to establish bonds easily with other atoms and with other carbon atoms too, carbon is competent of establishing multiple stable covalent bonds with suitable multivalent atoms.
Chemical formula = 
 
        
             
        
        
        
The answer is beta oxidation. It is a process in which molecules
particularly fatty acids are cracked down in the prokaryotes’ cytosol and
in the mitochondria in eukaryotes to produce acetyl-CoA,
which goes in the citric acid cycle, <span>FADH2</span>, and NADH which are
co-enzymes that are cast-off in the electron transport chain. The major response
site is the beta-carbon from the thioester carbon.
 
        
             
        
        
        
By using thermodynamics; you would have to know what the ΔH of the reaction would be too. If an energy diagram is given, you can determine the ΔH from there