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Extra methyl groups stabilise a carbocation by hyperconjugation as they add more
ALone pairs on carbon
BAdjacent C-H bonds
CPositive charge at carbon
Ds character at carbon
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Adjacent C-H bonds
Each methyl group supplies C-H sigma bonds that can donate electron density into the empty p orbital.
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