why does carbon forms compounds mainly by covalent bonding ?
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Explanation:since carbon atoms achieve the inert gas electron arrangement only by sharing of electrons.therefore it forms covalent bonds. A covalent bond is formed when an atom shares a pair of electron with another atom. ... This property of carbon is the only reason behind its ability of formation of long chains
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Since carbon has an electronic configuration of 2,4 , it needs 4 electrons to attain stability. It cannot give away four electrons as the charge difference between protons and electrons would be too high. That's the same reason why any element cannot completely transfer 4 electrons to carbon to form an electrovalent compound. But by covalent bonding, since they can share electrons, the charge difference is not much and that's why carbon compounds are formed mainly by covalent bonding.
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