Question

\[\text{Is this the correct promotion and bonding sequence for }CH^+_3?\]
\[C^+\space \underset{s}{\fbox{↑↓}}\space\underset{p}{\fbox{↑ }\fbox{ }\fbox{ }}\space\underrightarrow{promotion}\space \underset{sp^2}{\fbox{↑ }\fbox{↑ }\fbox{↑ }}\space\underset{p}{\fbox{ }}\space\underrightarrow{bonding}\space \underset{sp^2}{\fbox{↑↓}\fbox{↑↓}\fbox{↑↓}}\space\underset{p}{\fbox{ }}\space CH^+_3\]

Answer 1

Wow. Cool latex. @sgeos @~