Schrock carbenes are · ABC26IN0503

Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Organometallic Compounds · Topic: Carbene Carbyne · Exam: GATE 2005-2021 · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy

Schrock carbenes are

(a)Triplets and nucleophilic

(b)Triplets and electrophilic

(c)Singlets and nucleophilic

(d)Singlets and electrophilic

Answer

Answer: A ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence medium

Explanation

Schrock alkylidenes are formed from triplet-type carbene fragments bound to electron-poor early metals; the carbene carbon is nucleophilic (a).

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