carbene
Sign in to savethumb|60px|Methylene (compound)|Methylene is the simplest carbene. In organic chemistry, a carbene is a molecule containing a neutral carbon atom with a valence of two and two unshared valence electrons. The general formula is or where the R represents substituents or hydrogen atoms.
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- Generation
- Α Elimination
- Small-molecule extrusion
- Structures and bonding
- Reactivity
- Singlet-triplet effects
- Cyclopropanation
- C—H insertion
- Electrophilic attack
- Carbene dimerization
- Ligands in organometallic chemistry
- Industrial applications
- History
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|60px|Methylene (compound)|Methylene is the simplest carbene. In organic chemistry, a carbene is a molecule containing a neutral carbon atom with a valence of two and two unshared valence electrons. The general formula is or where the R represents substituents or hydrogen atoms.
The term "carbene" may also refer to the specific compound , also called methylene, the parent hydride from which all other carbene compounds are formally derived.