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Q. The decreasing order of the stability of the ions
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AIIMSAIIMS 2007

Solution:

$CH _{3}- \overset{+}{C}H - OCH _{3}$ is most stable due to resonance
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Carbocation $CH _{3}-\overset{+}{ C}H - COCH _{3}$ is least stable due to electron withdrawing nature of carbonyl group. Carbocation $CH _{3}- \overset{+}{C}H - CH _{3}$ is less stable than
$CH _{3}- \overset{+}{C}H - OCH _{3}$ because it stabilised only by the $+I$ effect of the two methyl groups.
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Therefore, correct order of decreasing stability is $II > I > III$