Question

What do you meant by Catenation ? What are the reason for the catenation of carbon?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Catenation is the linkage of atoms of the same element into longer chains. Catenation occurs most readily in carbon, which forms covalent bonds with other carbon atoms to form longer chains and structures. This is the reason for the presence of the vast number of organic compounds in nature.

Answer 2

Catenation: Carbon can link with carbon atoms by means of covalent bonds to form long chains, branched chains and closed ring. Compound

Carbon atoms may be linked by single, double or triple bonds.