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A covalent bond in tert-butyl bromide breaks in a suitable polat solvent to give ions :

A. Name the anion produced by this breaking of a covalent bond.

B. Indicate the type of bond breaking in this case.

C. Comment on geometry of the cation formed by such bond cleavage.

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A. The anion produced by breaking of the covalent C – Br bond is bromide

B. Heterolytic cleavage/fission takes place as charged ions are produced.

C. tert-Butyl carbocation formed in the given cleavage has trigonal planar geometry.

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