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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

Why is the norbornyl cation so stable? Is it symmetrical? If so, why?

Profile image of lakshmi narasimha
12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of ruchi yadav
12 Years ago
structure is stable, because at room temperature it is continuously undergoing hydride shifts, but hyperconjugation from adjacent carbon carbon sigma bonds results in a bridged structure.


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Ruchi
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