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As per your syllabus, the property of carbon that allows it to form long chains with itself is called what?
AResonance
BCatenation
CPolymerisation
DHybridisation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Catenation
syllabus intro: catenation = self-linkage of carbon atoms
gives rise to millions of organic compounds.
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