Question

When carbon and hydrogen combine and forms compounds, they are called hydrocarbons, so

what are the compounds of silicon and hydrogen called? Carbon and silicon both have similar

valence electronic configuration but carbon shows catenation to a much greater extent than

silicon’. Give reason.​

Answer 1

lIn chemistry, catenation is the bonding of atoms of the same element into a series, called a chain.[1] A chain or a ring shape may be open if its ends are not bonded to each other (an open-chain compound), or closed if they are bonded in a ring (a cyclic compound). The words to catenate and catenation reflect the Latin root catena, "chain".

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