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What is the hybridisation of carbon atom in carbanion?

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Every bond pair shares two electrons between the bonding atoms and lone pair consists of two unshared electrons. So totally it have 6 shared electrons and 2 unshared electrons around the carbanion. Thus it has sp3hybridization and pyramidal geometry.

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