alleryStart learning →Which intermediate forms in an SN1 reaction?
AStable carbanion
BFree radical pair
CPlanar carbocation
DSinglet carbene
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Planar carbocation
Heterolysis of the C-X bond gives a flat carbocation that the nucleophile then attacks.
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