Question

why carbon does not lost or gain 4 electrons

Answer 1

Carbon cannot lose or gain 4 electrons.

Only it is not favorable for carbon to lose those 4 electrons from its valence shell. Try finding the ionization energy of carbon and this will give you a better idea of why it is more favorable to add bonds then to remove electrons.

   If it were to gain or lose electrons-

    It would require large amount of energy to remove four electrons and forming C4+ cation    with six protons in its nucleus holding on to just two electrons.

   It would be difficult for the nucleus with six protons to hold on to ten electrons,    that is four extra electrons forming an anion C4−

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Answer 2

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Carbon doesn't lost or gain four electrons because Carbon has atomic number 6 .It has 4 electrons in it's valence she'll .carbon has needed 4 electrons to complete their shell .they neither can gain or loss electrons because higher energy is required for both processes. they only can share pair their electrons .

That is why Carbon does not gain or loss electrons they only shared their electrons.