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The methyl radical is best described as

  1. Aplanar (or nearly planar) with the unpaired electron in a orbital
  2. Bplanar with a vacant orbital
  3. Cpyramidal with the unpaired electron in an orbital
  4. Dlinear with hybridisation

Answer: A

The carbon of the methyl radical is hybridised and forms three bonds in one plane. The single unpaired electron occupies the unhybridised orbital perpendicular to that plane. A vacant orbital describes a carbocation, not a radical.
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