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Title: Carbocation stability order
Post by: AdiDex on January 13, 2018, 08:45:47 AM
I have come to an example which suggests that +M effect of -OH is better than =O . How is that possible? Here is the picture with their Hydride affinities (in Kcal/mol)

Source: www.cpp.edu/~psbeauchamp/pdf/315_SN_E_answers.pdf (http://www.cpp.edu/~psbeauchamp/pdf/315_SN_E_answers.pdf)

Problem no. 21 , page no. 10 .