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Benzyl carbocation is more stable than ethyl carbocation. Justify. |
Answer» Solution :In ETHYL carbocation, there is only hyper-conjugation of the three `alpha`-hydrogen ATOMS and as a result, the following CONTRIBUTING structures are feasible.  But benzyl carbocation is more STABLE due to the presence of resonance and the following resonating structures are possible : 
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