Question

What is the bond angle in a carbanion?

• A. > 109.5
• B. = 109.5
• C. < 109.5
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C < 109.5


We know that carbanion is $s{p}_3$ hybridized.

We can infer that the nonbonding electron pair repels the bonding pair more than the bonding pairs repel each other and because of this, there is reduction of the angle between bonding pairs to a value slightly lesser than the tetrahedral value of 109.5°