Question

what is catenation?pls help

Answer 1

Answer:

The self linkage is known as catenation. The property of catenation is responsible for the occurrence of innumerable oragnic compounds. It is the binding of an element to itself through covalent bonds to form chain or ring molecules. ... That means it can form long hydrocarbon chains and rings like benzene.

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Answer 2

Answer:

catenation

Explanation:

catenation is the property of the atom to form bonds or chains with other atoms

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carbon and its family exhibits this property

carbon is the excellent exhibitor of this property because of its tetravalency and small size  

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as we go down the group the size increases so it is little difficult for catenation and as carbon is small it can bond very easily with other atoms