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Which is more stable and why?

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Which is more stable and why?

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layman

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8 Dec 2008 09:28:22 IST

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Both of them are tertiary carbocations. But the one on the left is a bridge head carbocation which is very unstable due to angle strain( the angle shd be 120 but here it is very low)

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9 Dec 2008 17:47:44 IST

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both are bridge carbocations(tertiary )
the stability may depend here on the bulkiness of the compound

arpit rathi

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9 Dec 2008 19:12:40 IST

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first one is unstable................as the bridge carbon is under strain.....................rate if useful

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