NEET 2016 Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureNEET 2016

The pair of electron in the given carbanion, is present in which of the following orbitals?

Answer: (4)

Solution

In the carbanion the negatively charged carbon is attached to one other carbon by a triple bond (one and two bonds) and carries a lone pair. It therefore has two regions of electron density

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