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my question too how the ring thing works
Bridge head carbon would become sp2 due to resonance
That's why
First step mein no ring contraction
ring contraction is done only when the carbocation formed just after rearrangement is 3 degree or better
had something like this in mind
yeah that occurs only if the new cation in 3 degree or more stable than that
Methyl shift seems more probable here?
no, ring contraction is better
ig ill have to go through my ring contraction notes again since i dont recall anything like tis
Was scrolling through this randomly
So basically as we are moving to a much less stable carbocation, the ring contraction won’t be favoured
A good way to remember this is that carbocations have no future plans
Rearrangements must occur in a way such that stability increases at each step
Not necessarily
Any form of relatively "stable" carbocation is okay
I don't see that occuring
Can you please send how did you make that?
We good @hardcoreisdead ?
why is this ring less stable
The ring isn't less stable, the generated carbocation is
It's a primary one if you notice
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Remember that activation energy talk we had?