Question

What is Catenation and tetravalency.?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The ability of carbon to form covalent bonds with other carbon atoms is called catenation. ... Now as we can see above that carbon has 4 unpaired electrons in its excited state so it can form 4 covalent bonds with other atoms and this property of carbon is called tetravalency of carbon.

Answer 2

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• Catenation is the self linking property of an element by which an atom combines with the other atoms of the same element to form long chains and cyclic structures. C is the best example of this phenomenon.
• Carbon has 4 valence electrons. So, it need 4 more electrons to complete its octet. Carbon atoms completes its octet by sharing its four electrons with other atoms. This is known as Tetravalency ('tetra' means four)