Question

Why carbon forms large number of compounds?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Carbon is the only element that can form so many different compounds because each carbon atom can form four chemical bonds to other atoms and because the carbon atom is just the right, small size to fit in comfortably as parts of very large molecules.

Answer 2

carbon is a versatile compound due to two of its properties

• tetravalency: due to this property the carbon atom can neither loss nor gain electrons. so it forms covalent bonds
• catenation: its bonds with more compounds.