Why is the least stable carbanion the bottom middle carbanion? Why wouldn't it be the left secondary allylic carbanion?  Isn't secondary allylic carbanion less stable than a tertiary carbanion?

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Why is the least stable carbanion the bottom middle carbanion? Why wouldn't it be the left secondary allylic carbanion? 

Isn't secondary allylic carbanion less stable than a tertiary carbanion?

This is the least stable carbanion because the stability of
carbanion decreases with increasing number of alkyl groups
(which this carbon has 3
high electron density and electron donating, which carbanion
(already negatively charged) does not like, and is therefore the
least stable (most reactive).
==> 3° carbanion). The alkyl groups are
1.
Transcribed Image Text:This is the least stable carbanion because the stability of carbanion decreases with increasing number of alkyl groups (which this carbon has 3 high electron density and electron donating, which carbanion (already negatively charged) does not like, and is therefore the least stable (most reactive). ==> 3° carbanion). The alkyl groups are 1.
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