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With a change in hybridisation of the carbon bearing the charge, the stability of a carbanion increase in the order
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Solution:
Carbanion is electron rich species. Stability of carbanion increases with increase in s-character of hybrid orbitals of carbon bearing the charge. ∴sp3<sp2<sp
(25% s-character) (33% s-character) (50% s-character)