why carbon is unique in nature?
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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
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Carbon plays a unique role among the chemical elements. ... Due to its four valence electrons, carbon is the smallest element that is able to make covalent bonds to four different atoms in its neutral form.
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