'Stability of carbocations depends upon the electron releasing inductive effect of groups adjacent to positively charged atom involvement of neighbouring groups in hyperconjugation and resonace''.
Draw the possible resonance structures for `CH_(3) - underset(..)overset(..)(O) - overset(+)(C) H_(2)` and predict which of the structures is more stable. Give reason for your answer.

Explanation

The given carbocation has two resonance structures, i.e., I and II.

Structure (II) is more stable since both the carbon atoms and the oxygen atom have an octet of electrons.