Carbon can form bonds with other carbon molecules. This can be a single bond, double bond, or triple bond. The reason a tetrabond between two carbons isn’t possible has to do with the geometry of the electron orbitals.
C2 alone isn’t possible. But C2H4 (ethylene) exists.
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Carbon can form bonds with other carbon molecules. This can be a single bond, double bond, or triple bond. The reason a tetrabond between two carbons isn’t possible has to do with the geometry of the electron orbitals.
C2 alone isn’t possible. But C2H4 (ethylene) exists.