Question

The hybridisation of carbanion is:

• A. $sp$
• B. $s{p}^2$
• C. $s{p}^3$
• D. $s{p}^{2}d$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $s{p}^3$

The geometry of carbanion is tetrahedral and hybridisation is $s{p}^3$ because the steric number is 4. Total number of electrons around the C-atom is 8.