tertiary alcohol will prodcue most stable carbocation when treated with concentrated H2SO4
for example
primary alcohol CH3CH2OH produce CH3+CH2 carbocation it is very unstable
secondary alcohol CH3-CH(OH) - CH3 produce CH3 - +CH - CH3 carbocation it is more stable than primary carbocation because electron donating inductive effect of two alkyl group increases help to stabilize carbocation.
tertiary alcohol (CH3)2-C(OH) - CH3 produce (CH3)2 - +C - CH3 carbocation it is more stable than primary and secondary carbocation because electron donating inductive effect of three alkyl group increases help to stabilize carbocation. thus
tertiary alcohol will prodcue most stable carbocation when treated with concentrated H2SO4
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