What is cateneation ? why does carbon show maximum tendency to catenate?
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Catenation occurs most readily with 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.
Carbon shows catenation to a maximum extent because of its electronic configuration and tendency to form strong covalent bonds. The bond energy of C-C bond is greater than N-N bond and thus catenation in nitrogen is restricted to 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms.
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the tenedy to make long chain of same elements is called catenation
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carbon show maximum tendency to catenate bcz it has 4 atoms in outermost valence shell
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