Which of the following is true for carbocations?

It has a positive charged carbon.

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It has a carbon atom bearing six valence electrons

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It has a negative charge

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It has a carbon atom bearing valence of electrons

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Solution

The correct options are
A
It has a positive charged carbon.

B
It has a carbon atom bearing six valence electrons

As the name suggests,
Carbocation $\Rightarrow$ Carbon + Cation (Positive charge)

An organic species which has a carbon atom bearing six electrons in its outermost orbit and has a positive charge is called a carbocation.

How six electrons?

$\to$ Carbon completes its octet by bonding covalently. But here carbon has positive charge, so six electrons (3 of carbon and 3 of bonded atom)

$H - H | C^{\oplus} | H$

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