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What intermediate forms in the slow step of an SN1 reaction?
ACarbanion
BFree radical
CCarbocation
DCarbene
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Carbocation
The C-X bond breaks heterolytically to give a carbocation and a halide ion.
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