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Give the main reasons for anomalous behaviors Li.

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The main reasons for its anomalous behaviour are- (i)Its extreme small size, least electropositivity and very high ionisation enthalpy. (ii)Its very high polarising power, which results in a very covalent character in this compounds.
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