Abstract
Linear free energy relationship (LFER) plots are constructed for the deprotonation equilibriums (pKaH+) of pyrazolium and indazolium (benzopyrazolium) cations. The reaction constants Taft * and Hammett are found to be 2.75 and 1.32 for deprotonation (pKaH+) of pyrazolium and indazolium cations respectively. Higher value of Taft * than the Hammett is explained in terms of extra stability of the indazolium cation due to its greater number of resonance structures. This article is an exercise to undergraduate students for writing different resonance structures of indazolium cation.