Why wouldn't the lone electron be in the same p orbital as the lone pair of an sp3 hybridized methyl cation?
Honestly, I just really wanted to see a Q in the chemistry section that wasn't straight off of a gen chem problem sheet.
2007-08-30 05:28:23 · 3 answers · asked by Jeffrey Theta 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Arg...organic chemistry, I took it last year and I don't remember anything!
2007-08-30 05:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by Stephanie S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Methyl Cation
2016-10-21 00:15:39 · answer #2 · answered by prato 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A methyl cation only has 6 electrons, so it can't be sp3 - it, too, must be sp2.
A methyl anion has 8 electrons, and is sp3.
It takes a whole lone pair before hybridisation can occur, not just a single electron like in CH3 dot (the methyl radical).
2007-08-30 06:14:33 · answer #3 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋