Reaction intermediates
Carbocation: An organic molecule with a positive charge on a carbon atom.
- The carbon atom has only 6 electrons in its valence shell.
- The carbocation is formed by heterolytic bond cleavage.
Carbanion: Has a free pair of electrons on a carbon atom that already has three bonds.
Radicals: Molecule with one or more unpaired electrons (an orbital with only one electron – high energy)
Formed e.g. through oxidation, reduction or by homolytic bond cleavage.
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