You need to chill the hell out and stop calling people names, that is absolutely ******ed. That being said, i wasnt sure on this b/c i havent brushed up on it lately but i know carbocations are tert>sec>ect..... I grabbed my old o-chem book from back in the day....while I couldn't find anion stability directly, i did quickly come across a table of acid strengths and noticed that the Ka of ethane CH3CH2-H is higher (higher = more acidic) than that of 2-methylpropane (CH3)3C-H. This would support the carbanion stability trend opposite that of carbocations since the ethane hydrogen being lost is on a primary carbon and the hydrogen being lost on the 2-methylpropane is on a tert. carbon. I cant exactly remember the reason carbanion and carbocation stabilies are opposite but i think i recall something about the positive charge of a carbocation being stabilized by surrounding electron density (in this case more carbons) and the carbanion being destabilized by surrounding electron density b/c it already has a negative charge (like charges repel). Dont quote me on my reasoning here, but do quote me on this: jdsamarui, if your going to call people names like a 5 yr old then you shouldnt be posting at all...and if you are going to act like your Mr. Chemistry then at least go ahead and explain things to those who dont know. Dont just come in, say ur dumb, and leave....O-chem principles are always easier to remember when you understand the chemical reasoning behind the behavior you are discussing. I took the DAT a while ago and missed 2 questions on the o-chem part, so keep studying people and good luck.
