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Carbon has no tendency to form complex c...

Carbon has no tendency to form complex compound because of

A

its small size

B

the availability of vacant d-orbitals

C

non availability of vacant d - orbitals

D

no tendency to form of carbon

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The correct Answer is:
C
due to non availability of vacant d-orbitals, carbon cannot accept lone pair of ligand so it cannot form complexes.
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