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Why does carbon form such a large number of compounds?

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Carbon forms such a large number of compounds due to the following properties-
  1. catenation due to which its atoms can join one another to form long carbon chains property and
  2. tetravalency due to which it is capable of bonding with four other atoms of carbon or atoms of some other mono-valent element.

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