the total number of electrons in methyl free radical ....
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Explanation:
How many electrons does CH3 radical have?
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Carbon has 6 electron and each hydrogen gives one electron…so answer is 9.
But most of the compound tries to attain octet configuration…let us consider CH4…in this molecule carbon gives 4 electrons (1s2 electrons are not involved in bonding …bcz they r very close to the nucleus) and 4 hydrogens give 4 electrons…hence total becomes 4+4=8…which is octet configuration.
If u remove a proton (H+) from CH4 it becomes CH3 radical …hence CH3 radical contains 7 valance electrons…
Also…if we see from another view…OUT of 4 electrons ( of carbon) 3 electrons combine with 3 different hydrogens to give CH3 with a free electron on carbon….(actually if u remove a proton from CH4 it will be CH3 with a unpaired electron)
SO CH3 radical Contains one free electron…(extra info : which is responsible for ESR spectram )