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Carbon can never form a quadruple bond.


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True

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Solution

The correct option is A

True


A quadruple bond, as in C2 is too unstable to exist at normal condition and also it doesn't have enough atomic orbitals pointing in the right directions. Some transition metals are capable of forming such bonds though.


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