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No, there is not because it would form H instead of methane if hydrogen bonded with itself. 2
No, there is not because carbon needs four bonds, so it bonds with each hydrogen atom; hydrogen only
forms one bond.
Yes, there is because they form a long chain in order to all have stable outer energy shells.
Yes, there is because there are one too many hydrogen atoms for carbon to handle alone, so one hydrogen
must bond with another.
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The correct answer is: No, there is not because carbon needs four bonds, so it bonds with each hydrogen atom; hydrogen only forms one bond.
In methane (CH₄), the carbon atom forms four single covalent bonds with four hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen atoms do not bond with each other in methane; instead, they bond with carbon. Each hydrogen atom can only form one bond due to its electron structure, so there are no hydrogen-hydrogen bonds present in methane.
