Question

The main reasons for the huge number of organic compounds are :

• A. catenation property of carbon
• B. tetravalency of carbon
• C. tendency of carbon to form multiple bonds
• D. all of these

Answer 1

The correct option is D all of these

• Properties of carbon responsible for huge number of organic compounds:
• Tetravalency - It has a valency of four. So, one carbon atom can bond with four other atoms or form four bond.
• Catenation - Carbon atom can form bond with other carbon atoms, they can for long chains of C atoms.

Due to these factors carbon will bond with anything and everything with four others at once.