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ChemistryGOCRESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECTEasy2 minQB
ChemistryEasysingle choice
Are the two structures shown below (cycloheptatriene (i) and norcaradiene (ii)) resonance forms of one another ?

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Answer:
B
Solution:
In going from the triene to norcaradiene a new C-C sigma bond closes the three-membered ring. Resonance structures keep the same sigma framework, so these are two different (valence-tautomer) compounds.
Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:GOCSubtopic:RESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECT
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