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Which of the following carbocations are stabilised by resonance (delocalisation involving a pi bond or lone pair)?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: B, D

In the oxygen lone pair overlaps with the empty p orbital, and in the benzyl cation the ring pi system does. The tert-butyl cation is stabilised only by hyperconjugation and +I. In an sp3 carbon separates the pi bond from the cationic centre, so there is no conjugation.
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