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What property of carbon allows it to form long chains and rings?
Ability to form covalent bonds
Ability to form stable bonds with other elements
Ability to form multiple bonds
Tendency to form single bonds
Ability to form multiple bonds
Carbon exhibits the unique property of catenationтАФthe ability to link with other carbon atoms through strong covalent bonds to form long chains, branched structures, and rings. Additionally, carbon's tetravalency and small atomic size allow it to form strong multiple bonds (double and triple bonds) with itself and other heteroatoms like oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.
Carbon exhibits the unique property of catenationтАФthe ability to link with other carbon atoms through strong covalent bonds to form long chains, branched structures, and rings. Additionally, carbon's tetravalency and small atomic size allow it to form strong multiple bonds (double and triple bonds) with itself and other heteroatoms like oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.
Organic chemistry forms the foundational basis of biochemistry and petrochemistry, governed by IUPAC nomenclature standards and fundamental bonding theories established by Gilbert N. Lewis and Linus Pauling.
Catenation is the self-linking property of an element by which covalent bonds are formed.
Carbon has a high catenation capacity due to its small atomic size and high carbon-carbon bond enthalpy.
Tetravalency enables carbon to bond with four other monovalent atoms simultaneously.
Silicon also shows catenation (silanes), but silicon chains are far less stable than carbon chains due to larger atomic size.
Option C is correct because multiple bonding (double and triple bonds) along with single bonds expands structural diversity.
Organic chemistry relies entirely on these unique electronic configurations of Group 14 elements.
C is correct тАФ Ability to form multiple bonds
In competitive exams, questions on carbon compounds frequently test isomerism, allotropes (diamond, graphite, fullerene), and functional group identification.
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