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Are all chiral carbons sp3 hybridised? [closed]
I had this doubt, whether all asymmetric chiral carbons must necessarily be $\mathrm{sp^3}$ hybridized. For sure, we know that double or triple bonded carbon atoms don't shows such chirality, but is ...
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Is 1-(1-Methyl cyclopropyl) carbocation [1] as stable as Cyclopropyl Methyl Carbocation[2]
Does the extra Methyl group interfere with the exceptional stability of Cyclopropyl Methyl Carbocation?
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Are carbocations necessarily sp2 hybridized and trigonal planar?
My copy of Pearson's Organic Chemistry (7e), Morrison and Boyd, under the section "Reaction intermediates", accords a succinct description on the structure of carbocations:
The central $C$-atom (of ...
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Do vinyl cations adopt a classical or non-classical structure?
Whilst reading this question today, I remembered something that I had seen previously here. In the second linked question, @Martin provided a reference to suggest that vinyl cations actually adopt a ...
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