What are Carbocations?

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Abhishek Mishra

2 years ago

Carbocations have a sextet of electrons on the carbon-containing positive charge and hence termed ‘cation’. It is sp2 hybridized and has an empty p-orbital. The shape is planar. It is generally formed by heterolytic cleavage of a carbon-heteroatom bond.

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