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In a singlet carbene There is one orbital vacant and one filled, Therefore it can play the role of both a nucleiophile and an electrophile depending on other condtions.




 


But in the triplet carbene both orbitals are singly filled.Therefore it can only undergo free radical mechanism.




 


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