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is a secondary resonance stabilized carbocation more or less stable than a nonrez stabilized tertiary carbocation

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In a secondary carbocation, only two alkyl groups would be available for this purpose, while a primary carbocation has only one alkyl group available. Thus the observed order of stability for carbocations is as follows: tertiary > secondary > primary > methyl.
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