state the reason why carbon cannot from C4 plus cation C4 - anion
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This is energetically unfavorable as it requires a lot of energy to remove all four electrons from the carbon atom. Secondly, carbon cannot form a C4- anion because it would need to gain four electrons to achieve a stable octet configuration. However, this is Show more…
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