Thursday, September 3, 2015

Question on General Organic Chemistry

thinkingchemistry:

Question:

Is a Tertiary Carbocation always more stable than a primary carbocation?

Line of Thinking:

In general any charged species will be unstable compared to an uncharged species. For example \(CH_3OH\) will be more stable that \(CH_3O^-\) under similar conditions. Greater the charge on the species more unstable it will be.

Can you answer the question based on the above Line of Thinking (LoT)?

Is a Tertiary Carbocation always more stable than a Primary Carbocation?



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