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Work Sheet 5, structure 5.

structure

The species shown is a carbocation. In its resonance hybrid, over how many atoms is the positive charge shared (atoms carrying delta+) ?

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

Cyclohexadienyl cation (+ on C-1, C-3, C-5) with the OH oxygen donating its lone pair to C-1 : the + is shared by 3 ring carbons and O = 4.

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