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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

arrange the set of ions in the form of increasing stability
(CH3)3C – ,CH3CH2CH--CH3 , CH3CH2CH2CH2--
– means negative charge on the corresponding carbon atom nd CH3 means 1 carbon nd 3 hydrogen

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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9 Years ago
Third then Second then First.
It is so because the -ve ion Carbon would show the hypercoonjugation maximum with the methyl groups attached to it.
Hence,
in first three CH3 grouos are attached and hence 9 Hyperconjugation would lead it to show the highest stability.