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sir, my name is CHINTAPATLA.NAVEEN KUMAR iam studying in ap IIIT nuzvid. Q.Carbon shows tetra valency. It exists CH4 as well as CH3 by removing hydrogen. How is it possible?

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my name is CHINTAPATLA.NAVEEN KUMAR iam studying in ap IIIT nuzvid.


Q.Carbon shows tetra valency. It exists  CH4 as well as CH3 by  removing  hydrogen. How  is it  possible?

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Ritvik Gautam
85 Points
12 years ago

Carbon shows tetravalency. CH3+ exists as a carbocation which is relativly less stable than the CH4 counterpart.

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ARJIT YADAV
35 Points
12 years ago

carbon could exists as ch3 only when it forms free radical i.e. in presence of sunlight.

free radicals r formed by homolytic cleavage of C H bond.

carbon free radical are of two types singlet and triplet(for more info. u can refer morryson&boyd)

ch4 in presence of light(u.v) breaks up into hydrogen free radical H' AND CH3' FREE RADICAL.

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