Timeline for Carbocation Stability: Tertiary versus Secondary Benzyl for Hydrobromic Acid Addition
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| Apr 16, 2018 at 2:49 | comment | added | Siddharth Porwal | Unless there is an electron withdrawing group causing instability, yes. However exceptions are always there - the tertiary butly carbonation is even more stable than benzylic carbonation. | |
| Apr 16, 2018 at 2:46 | comment | added | Bob | First off, thanks so much for the answer! As a follow-up question: as a general rule, are secondary benzylic carbocations just more stable than regular tertiary carbocations? | |
| Apr 15, 2018 at 8:25 | history | answered | Siddharth Porwal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |