CARBOCATION STABILITY

ARRANGE FOLLOWING CARBOCATRION IN DECREASING ORDER OF STABILITY

I THINK IT SHUD BE 2>4>3>1

AM I CORRECT?????

65 Answers

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

srinath plz check it!!!!!!!!!

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

BUDDY.WHEN DID I SAY THERE R THREE BONDS.................I SAID

now even if you look at 3 and 1 from inductive effect point of view,the inductive effect in both should be nearly equal(coz although one has three methyl groups for inductive effect but they r at a distance of two bonds).so,inductive effect in 1 and 3 is nearly same.

MOREOVER, Y R U NEGLECTING THIS

in addition to inductive effect there is hyperconjugation in 3.

so clearly 3>1.

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voldy ·

what 3 bonds ???/
there's only one bond

here I takes more importance
and b/w questioing is your right

without questions nothign would have been discovered or invented

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

N IF MY REASONS R WRONG........THEN WHY???????????

[PLZ DON THINK I M ARGIUNG!!!!!! AS U ONLY SAID WE SHUD HAVE CLEAR CONCEPTS.........THAT'S Y ALONG WITH CORRECT REASON U TOLD IT IS NECCESARY TO KNOW Y MY REASONS R WRONG]

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

SRINATH DA.......I DON QUESTION UR ANS. BUT I WANNA KNOW ISN'T REASON I GAVE IN #45 EQUALLY CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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voldy ·

see as far I think my answer seems quite correct ,maybe wrong but 99% sure not 100%
try to go thru Sykes .

hopefully you'll get it .

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

srinath reply!!!!!!!!

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

srinath da...........plz see this:

see i think 3>1

REASON:inductive effect vanishes after three bonds.........

now even if you look at 3 and 1 from inductive effect point of view,the inductive effect in both should be nearly equal(coz although one has three methyl groups for inductive effect but they r at a distance of two bonds).so,inductive effect in 1 and 3 is nearly same.

now,in addition to inductive effect there is hyperconjugation in 3.

so clearly 3>1.

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voldy ·

2>4>1>3

here inductive effect takes over I guess . see there is also what we call as the space effect (I dunno whether it's the right term .but I guess it vaguely tells what I mean )
effects transmiteed thru spcae . this acts here which reinforces the Inductive effect

this is mostly given in Peter SykesI guess go there for further studying :)

he discusses space effect ( fogive me for this name )

I think you should read it from there for better understanding

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pavanmalhra ·

2>4>1>3

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kamalendu ghosh ·

mera toh 2>4>3>1 hi a raha hain

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kamalendu ghosh ·

I think 2>4>3>1

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Bhaskar Mukherjee ·

hey man
u c in 1 there is a tendency of METHYL shift & hence it is wanting to go to a more stable state 4m an unstbl state............

hence we can expct that 1 is least stable

so John i think ur corrrrrrr...........

if anyone has the guts to talk against we 2 den plz cal me at 100......

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

SRINATH DA U ONLY TELL WAT IS CORRECT ORDER

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archana anand ·

kool......den i might b wrong[7]

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

@archana

read #20 in this thread....n then tell wat do u think?????????

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archana anand ·

itz 2>4>1>3 ...because alkyl group are electron donatin,therefore more the number of alkyl more will be the stability of carbocation .....so 1>3

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gordo ·

der are 2 factors...e-cloud push by 3 Me groups, 2 alpha Hydrogens giving rise to HCE...i think 3 must be more stable than 1...

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rahul wadhwani ·

2>4>3>1

3,1 are compared on the basis of hyperconjugation and u can think of the rate tat in 1 is highly unstable and wants 2 change via CH3- shift but in 3 hydride shift is difficult

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kamalendu ghosh ·

i too think like rahul

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

srinath bro............plz reply

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voldy ·

guys check these out .

they aer from sykes

go thru I guess there should not be any doubt

he's given for -I I've extended for +I that's all
. hopefullly I'm right . still the hyperconjugation one is in doubt according to me and I stick to my original ans

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voldy ·

hope now it's clear

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Mani Pal Singh ·

areey
anand

seedhi si baat hai

1>3

REASON:(CH3)3will pose more hindrance for the attack compared to CH3CH2

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

REASON:(CH3)3will pose more hindrance for the attack compared to CH3CH2

MANIPAL

WE ARE TALKING BOUT STABILITY NOT REACTIVITY

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RAY ·

ur answer is perfectly rit dude......c the no. of alpha hydrogen...n u will get that u r rit...be confident bro...

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Celestine preetham ·

2>4>1>3

i agree with skys ans

JC i saw ur post 20

but i dont agree with ur exp

reason :
inductive effect is more in 1
inductive effect is more dominant than hyperconjugation (no bond resonance)

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

ARE YOU SURE CELESTINE...............HYPERCONJUGATION IS INSIGNIFIANT???????

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

@celestine and srinath

hyperconjugation is after all """no bond resonance"""" and more specifically an extension of """""""resonance effect or mesomeric effect""""""""""""....................so it shud get some credit in deciding stability.....................isn't it!!!!!!!

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Akshit shah ·

I think so the correct answer is
2>1>4>3
because when the carbocation formed is more stable then it is more reactive. or in other words when any carbon compound is more reactive it will convert to its carbocation form & it must be stable because any compound will not transform into unstable form.

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