1) Inspect carefully the molecular geometry around the electrophilic carbon in t
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Question
1) Inspect carefully the molecular geometry around the electrophilic carbon in the transition state of an SN2 reaction. What is the molecular geometry at this central atom?
tetrahedral
trigonal pyramidal
trigonal bipyramidal
trigonal planar
2)Inspect carefully the molecular geometry around the electrophilic carbon in the intermediate carbocation of an SN1 reaction. What is the molecular geometry at this central atom?
trigonal bipyramidal
trigonal planar
trigonal pyramidal
tetrahedral
1.tetrahedral
2.trigonal pyramidal
3.trigonal bipyramidal
4.trigonal planar
Explanation / Answer
in the first question the answer is trigonal bipyramidal. As it is bonded to 5 groups. 3 strongly and both attacking and leaving group weakly.
In question the answer is trigonal planer as it is only attached to 3 groups and no free electron is in the carbon center
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