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This is the answer to chapter 15, problem number 33 from the smith organic chemistry textbook.
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And this problem gives us these two sets of groups of radicals and asks us to rank them in order of increasing stability.
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And so remember that the stability of a radical is going to be related to the degree of branching of the carbon that the radical is.
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Is situated on.
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And so these are going to follow the same pattern as carbocadions.
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So looking at a, we have a tertiary radical, okay, a secondary radical.
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And i apologize for the lag that's going on here.
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And a primary radical.
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Okay, so primary, secondary, tertiary.
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And so the ranking is going to follow those numbers as well.
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So this, the primary, will be least stable, and the tertiary will be most stable.
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Okay...