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ChemistryGOCInductive EffectEasy2 minQB
ChemistryEasysingle choice

Which of the following is more stable ?

(a) structure

(b) structure

Options:

Answer:
A
Solution:

S stabilises an adjacent carbanion better than O. Sulphur is larger and more polarisable, and it can accept charge into its vacant 3d orbitals, whereas O has lone pairs that repel the carbanion. a b.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:GOCSubtopic:Inductive Effect
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