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JIPMER 2005
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2005
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
General Organic Chemistry

JIPMER 2005 · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Which carbocation is most stable?

Which carbocation is most stable?

Options

  1. ACH3CH2+\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2^{+}
  2. BCH3+\mathrm{CH}_3^{+}
  3. CC6H5CH2+\mathrm{C}_6 \mathrm{H}_5 \mathrm{CH}_2^{+}
  4. DCH3CH2CH2+\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{CH}_2^{+}

Correct answer

C. C6H5CH2+\mathrm{C}_6 \mathrm{H}_5 \mathrm{CH}_2^{+}

Step-by-step solution

A phenyl group, in which there is a flow of electron due to resonance of the benzene ring, generally causes -I effect, but truely speaking it can act as both electron donating as well as electron withdrawing groups, depending upon the nature of group with which it is attached. In C6H5CH2+\mathrm{C}_6 \mathrm{H}_5 \mathrm{CH}_2^{+}, phenyl group is attached to electron deficient group, hence it will donate electron due to resonance in benzene ring and thus stabilise the cation.
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