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The shape of a carbanion is described as a distorted:

ATetravalent
BTetrahedron
CTetragonal
DTetraploid
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Tetrahedron
1. The lone pair pushes the bonds out of a regular arrangement. 2. The structure of a carbanion is a distorted tetrahedron. 3. So the correct answer is tetrahedron. _Source: syllabus Chemistry Part II, Unit 12 'Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques'_
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