3. Acids and Bases
Acids and Bases
Problem 8a
Textbook Question
Textbook Question(••••) In addition to radicals, anions, and cations, a fourth class of reactive intermediates is carbenes. A neutral species, the simplest carbene has a molecular formula of CH₂ . (d) Carbenes are also Lewis bases. Based on your answers to (a) and (b), explain this observation.

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