A carbon bearing a sextet of electrons and a positive charge is a:
ACarbanionic
BCarboxylate
CCarbonation
DCarbocation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Carbocation
1. Heterolytic cleavage of bromomethane gives such a species.
2. A carbon with a sextet of electrons and a positive charge is called a carbocation.
3. So the correct answer is carbocation.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part II, Unit 12 'Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques'_
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