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The cationic carbon of the methyl cation is best described as:

  1. A hybridised, pyramidal with a lone pair
  2. B hybridised, tetrahedral
  3. C hybridised, trigonal planar with an empty orbital
  4. D hybridised, linear

Answer: C

Carbon in has three sigma bonds and no lone pair, so it is and planar. The unhybridised orbital is empty.
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