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Hyperconjugation, otherwise known as Baker-Nathan effect, is the delocalisation of sigma electrons of C-H bond of an alkyl group directly attached to an atom of unsaturated system or to an atom with an unshared p-orbital.

Stability of carbocations is based on hyperconjugative effect. Due to hyperconjugation, tertiary carbocation has 9 resonance structures, secondary carbocation 6 resonance structures, primary carbocation 3 resonance structures. Hence stability is tertiary>secondary>primary.

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In organic chemistry, hyperconjugation is the interaction of the electrons in a sigma bond (usually C-H or C-C) with an adjacent empty (or partially filled) non-bonding p-orbital, antibonding σ or π orbital, or filled π orbital, to give an extended molecular orbital that increases the stability of the system.

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