Carbon has a tendency to from long chain compound but silicon does not why
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because carbon shows tertravalency and therefore this reason they also shows catenation property.
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Catenation is the characteristic of carbon atom in which it forms long chain with other carbon atoms.
To form a long chain we require a large number of atoms , as we know that there exist a large number of organic compounds in nature and carbon is the main atom which must found in all the organic compounds...it means there is a large amount of carbon available to form long chain but silicon is not found in such a high range...
that's why silicon doesn't form long chain compounds.
To form a long chain we require a large number of atoms , as we know that there exist a large number of organic compounds in nature and carbon is the main atom which must found in all the organic compounds...it means there is a large amount of carbon available to form long chain but silicon is not found in such a high range...
that's why silicon doesn't form long chain compounds.
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