Why carnbon cannot able to share 4 electrons with another carbon?
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· The reason a carbon atom cannot bond with four electrons with another carbon is due to the carbon electron orbitals. Since it has a s and 3 p orbitals, it must create one sigma and at most 2 pi bonds with another carbon. There's no spatial conditions for a 3rd pi bond, so it will have to be another sigma...
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