Catenation
Bonding of atoms of the same element into chains or rings / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In chemistry, catenation is the bonding of atoms of the same element into a series, called a chain.[1] A chain or a ring shape may be open if its ends are not bonded to each other (an open-chain compound), or closed if they are bonded in a ring (a cyclic compound). The words to catenate and catenation reflect the Latin root catena, "chain".