The isobutyl cation spontaneously rearranges to the tert-butyl cation by a hydride shift, is the rearrangement exergonic

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The isobutyl cation spontaneously rearranges to the tert-butyl cation by a hydride shift, is the rearrangement exergonic or endergonic? Draw what you think the transition state for the hydride shift might look like according to the Hammond postulate.

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