Most stable organic species have tetravalent carbon atoms, but species with trivalent

Chapter 1, Problem 1.50

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Most stable organic species have tetravalent carbon atoms, but species with trivalent carbon atoms also exist. Carbocations are one such class of compounds. H H H C A carbocation (a) How many valence electrons does the positively charged carbon atomhave?(b) What hybridization do you expect this carbon atom to have?(c) What geometry is the carbocation likely to have?

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