Carbon forms a very large number of compounds. what characteristic of a carbon atom allows the formation of all these compounds?

Carbon's polarity could one etiological reason why it can greatly bond with various and numerous number of other compounds.

Non-polar Covalent bonding is the type of bonding that takes place when two atoms share a pair of electrons with each other. In order to form a molecule, these two electrons are glued to one or more atoms. One important contribution of non-covalent bonding is the oxygen we breathe. On the other hand, polar covalent bonding happens when a pair of electrons are being shared unequally because one of the atoms spends way too much time with another electrons rather than with the atoms.

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