The shape of carbocation is :
- tetrahedral
- diagonal pyramidal
- diagonal
- trigonal planar
Answer
(4) trigonal planar
Solution
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The carbocation carbon has 3 σ bonds and no lone pair, so it is sp2 hybridised.
Its three sp2 orbitals lie in one plane at 120° and the unhybridised p orbital stays empty; hence the shape is trigonal planar.
Answer: (4)