Welcome to Chem Zipper.com......: Trifluoroethyl carbocation is less stable than trifluromethyl carbocation why ?

Search This Blog

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Trifluoroethyl carbocation is less stable than trifluromethyl carbocation why ?

In case of trifluroethylcarbocation the highly electronegative fluorine atom , withdraws shared pair electrons between C-F bonds towards itself to great extent and intensifies positive charge on carbon. Greater the intensification of charge more is the instability.theirfore this carbocation is destabilised.
In case of trifluroethylcarbocation carbocation, the unshared paired of electrons in P - Orbital of each of the fluorine can be shifted into vacant Orbital of carbon atom of carbocation via P-P overlap.

It's leads to dispersal of charge and provide stability to the carbonation.

No comments:

Post a Comment