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Out of the following carbocations, how many are more stable than the benzyl carbocation?

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I and III are more stable because they are aromatic cations.
V is more stable as we know that the stability of a 30 carbocation is more than benzyl carbocation. VI is more stable beacuse of +M effect and VIII is more stable because of dancing resonance.

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