NEET levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 1 of 3g3008
In a planar carbocation, the vacant orbital on the cationic carbon is:
Aa d orbital
Ban unhybridised p orbital perpendicular to the plane of the three sigma bonds
Can sp3 orbital pointing to a corner of a tetrahedron
Dan sp2 orbital lying in the molecular plane
Answer: B
The three sigma bonds use sp2 orbitals in one plane. The remaining p orbital is empty and lies perpendicular to that plane, which is where a nucleophile attacks.