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Dibya Ranjan Panda posted an Question
January 08, 2020 • 04:40 am 15 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Chemistry (CY)

Which one is more stable among carbocation,carbanion and free radical?

which one is more stable among carbocation,carbanion and free radical?

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    Dear Dibya Ranjan,

    Greetings!

    Here is the solution of your query.

    Carbocationcarbanion and free radical are different intermediates so we can compare if the structure of compounds are given, but basically carbanion is more stable than free radical due to complete Octate (8 electrons in valence shell) while in free radical 7 electrons are present, which is almost near to octate so it is more stable than carbocation which has an incomplete octate (6 electrons in valence shell).  

     

    Thank you for asking your query.

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