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ChemistryGOCRESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECTMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumsingle choice

The resonating structures are labelled I, II as shown below.

Choose the correct order of their relative stability (contribution to the resonance hybrid).

structure

Options:

Answer:
C
Solution:

(I) has a primary carbon with only a sextet. In (II) every atom has an octet (oxocarbenium ion), so II > I.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:GOCSubtopic:RESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECT
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