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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

The correct order of increasing stabilities of the following carbocations is
(i) allyl carbocation
(ii) ethyl carbocation
(iii) benzyl carbocation
(iv) isobutyl carbocation

  1. A (iv) < (iii) < (ii) < (i)
  2. B (iv) < (ii) < (i) < (iii)
  3. C (ii) < (iv) < (i) < (iii)
  4. D (ii) < (iv) < (iii) < (i)
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(B) (iv) < (ii) < (i) < (iii)

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Stability of carbocation is explained by using many factors such as mesomeric effect, inductive effect and hyperconjugation effect. Order of stability is + M >+ X > + I Benzyl carbocation (iii) is most stable because odelocalisation of charge due to resonance of \(\pi\) -…
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