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Friday, June 26, 2020

Why are bridge head carbocations unstable?

According to Bredt's rule a bridgehead carbon atom of bicyclo compound cannot be sp2 hybridised or in other word a bridgehead carbon atom cannot be form double bond. unless the ring that contains at least eight atoms.


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