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What would be the finally rearranged carbocation formed from the carbocation given below?

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a

b

c

d

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

• Ring contraction happens preferably over methyl shift as ring stability is more important than hyper conjugative stabilities• In ring contraction, the bond attached to quaternary carbon is broken so as to produce a more stable tertiary carbocationHence, the correct answer is (4).
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