True or false on organic chemistry
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Catenation is carbon bonding to carbon.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- A carbocation carries a negative charge.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Carbocations are trigonal planar.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Homolytic cleavage gives free radicals.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- An electrophile donates electrons.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Carbocations are highly unstable.
- Instructions
- Decide whether each statement is true or false.
Explanation
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part II, Unit 12 'Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques'_